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News (10)

• CommBank's McKinnon lands at Westpac

  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.

• 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.

• Australia's banks get IT transfusion

  National Australia Bank took the knife to its long-time chief information officer Michelle Tredenick this week, but was this a reflection of her perceived incompetence or simply a consequence of the manoeuvring at higher levels that seems endemic in Australia's incestuous banking IT community?

• New IT head takes St George's reins ahead of merger

  St George has formally appointed its current acting IT head, Paul Newham, to take the CIO reins full time just as the company gears up for a merger with Westpac and the ensuing IT hangover.

• CommBank core overhaul on track

  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's core banking project is progressing on track and on time, according to SAP's local head Tim Ebbeck.

Features and Case Studies (6)

• 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.

• Aussie banks: your new security vendor

  It is quickly becoming the norm for Australia's largest banks to offer discounts on or completely free computer security software to boost internet banking security. The question is, why?

• 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.

• Changing of the guard: National Australia Bank

  Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of the National Australia Bank's technology operation in the second of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

• 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.

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