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National Australia Bank in June will start trialling technology where chat-bots or what NAB calls "virtual agents" handle customer requests online -- a task handled by call centre agents today.
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.
Australia's AU$90 million per annum credit card fraud bill is too small to force the rollout of chip and PIN card reading technology, says the chief executive of the Australian Payments Clearing Association.
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