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• CBA CIO: IT skills still a challenge

  CommBank chief information officer Michael Harte claims that finding skilled staff for the bank's core banking system upgrade is a difficult task despite the recent spate of ICT redundancies.

• Westpac's double-dragon IT jitters

  Westpac's $340 million project to integrate St George's systems was on target, Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly said today, but the bank's financial report warned "unexpected costs relating to the integration of technology platforms" could smother expected benefits.

• SMS' NSW director follows staff out

  SMS Management and Techhnology has lost its NSW managing director Linda Chapman for health reasons.

• Aussie banks relay outsourcing lessons

  Chief information officers from two of Australia's largest banks today warned their peers not to poison outsourcing arrangements by obsessing over costs.

• Westpac staffer rejoins as IT boss

  The banking corporation has chosen a new IT boss, replacing its outgoing group executive of business and technology solutions and services

Features and Case Studies (11)

• Changing of the guard: Westpac

  Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of the technology operation of Westpac Banking Corporation and its subsidiary St George in the last of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

• Changing of the guard: Commonwealth Bank

  Get an insider's look at Commonwealth Bank of Australia's technology operation with chief information officer Michael Harte in the first of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

• Analysis: CommBank alone on voice biometrics

  The Commonwealth Bank stands alone as the only top tier bank in Australia with its sights on biometrics as a means to improve security for its customers -- but critics say the technology is still too young.

• The money network: Migrating to SWIFT

  When your money moves, it almost certainly travels using SWIFTNet, a network for financial institutions. We chart the ups and downs of a few Australian companies which are upgrading to the network.

• Changing of the guard: ANZ Bank

  Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's technology operation in the third of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

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