Westpac has announced that long-time Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief information officer Bob McKinnon will join its ranks as its new head of technology, as the bank undertakes a major overhaul of its technology support operation.
Phase one of National Australia Bank's core banking system replacement strategy will be completed by June this year, the bank's chief executive Cameron Clyne said today.
The National Australia Bank will approach the overhaul of its core banking systems cautiously over the next year, spending just $30 million on the Oracle-based first stage of the project, the bank's chief information officer Michelle Tredenick said today.
National Australia Bank is overhauling its network of 1600 ATMs to run on Windows XP and Internet protocol networks.
St George Bank said intermittent problems with its Internet banking services that have frustrated users during the past couple of weeks are due to an overhaul of its online operations.
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