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  • ISO dishes up biometrics standard for banks

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a standard for the use of biometric authentication at financial institutions but banks are unlikely to invest in the technology.

  • TCS Australia chops 15 staff

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  • RBA criticises payments innovation

    Australia's central bank has criticised the nation's four largest commercial banks for shirking on investments in payment systems technology, resulting in a lack of innovation and neglect of systems like EFTPOS.

  • Aust financial institutions "banking" on Digital TV

    Financial institutions in Australia are poised to follow in the footsteps of the United Kingdom, with one industry expert predicting a late 2002 rollout of banking services on interactive TV -- that’s if the technology and customer take-up takes a turn for the better.

  • Fraud assault sparks Aust interest in biometrics

    An intensifying assault on the security of Australians' identification and financial information should push government and industry to embrace biometric technologies, a leading expert in the area said today.

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    Financial organisations are slowly embracing the notion of unified communications, but significant organisational hurdles remain

  • Australian banks failing to capitalise on CRM

    Australian banks are lagging well behind world standards when it comes to using customer relationship management (CRM) technologies, and recent attempts to use CRM as a cost-cutting exercise may be doomed to failure, according to industry experts.

  • EMC ANZ sees surge in growth

    Storage heavyweight EMC has recorded Australian growth of 34 percent year on year for the second quarter 2004, in line with its parent's results, the company's Australian and New Zealand managing director, Steve Redman, said.

  • NAB takes AU$200 million writedown on failed ERP project

    The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.

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