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    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.

  • NAB picks Oracle for core refresh

    NAB has announced the first phase of its Next Generation Platform initiative to replace its core-banking systems this morning, naming Oracle its partner.

  • 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.

  • Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK IT jobs

    Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed technology "centres of excellence" in key offshore locations around the globe.

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    The five major credit card companies have teamed up in the interest of better security.

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    Don't bank on it

    In the Australian market, banks are the archetypal large IT customer: they've got lots of technology of differing vintages, have to spend a fortune on services to stitch it all together, and are also obliged to meet a super-strict regulatory regime which would make most lesser enterprises quake in their virtualised boots.

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    As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry.

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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.

  • Jus' got the banking IT blues

    Will Suncorp chief information officer Jeff Smith stick around if the bank's rapid decline in value due to the credit crisis lead to a fire sale of several of its key divisions?

  • Community banking grows storage bank at Bendigo Bank

    Constructing a new head office was a natural step in Bendigo Bank's growth. However, the bank's IT team was forced to do some creative thinking in figuring out how to upgrade and move its 20 terabyte storage area network (SAN) to the new data centre at the bank's new headquarters.

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    Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.

  • Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

    It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

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