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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.
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.
Australian entrepreneur John Orrock has sold his CRM systems integration business Okere to the US arm of Fujitsu Consulting in a multi-million dollar deal.
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.
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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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