The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has poached Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's head of technology risk, Joe Attanasio, to be its new permanent chief information officer.
Westpac has given itself until 31 March 2009 to come up with a technology integration strategy for St George and hopes to commence systems integration by September next year.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has cut its IT spending to the tune of AU$80 million, the financial institution revealed in its latest set of annual results.
Another bank technology boss has decided the time is right to call it quits, with Westpac Corporate Centre CIO Alison Bichsel retiring after 11 years at the bank.
An increasingly demanding legislative environment and chronic under-training of staff are threatening even the most well-meaning companies' plans to meet compliance requirements, Professor Allan Fels has warned today upon the release of a new white paper he authored on the topic.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the the challenge of integrating a number of cultures and brands, usage of the agile management system, and his approach to the task at hand, despite uncertainty over whether the banking side of Suncorp will be sold.
Compliance with increasingly rigorous reporting obligations and a thirst for customer behaviour information are driving the financial sector's rising investment in data warehousing and analytics.
Damage to a company's reputation can be much worse than a financial loss; how can IT systems protect against both types of disasters?
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The CTO of one of Britain's largest banks talks about how he made it to the top, and how Barclays is facing the challenges of technical innovation and corporate governance legislation.
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