Westpac said today in an update on its transformation and integration with acquisition St George that it would transition to the "next generation of Hogan" as its deposits platform.
Australia's banking IT sector is currently buzzing with speculation that Westpac is planning to migrate its core banking system to the CSC Hogan platform used by its new subsidiary St George.
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 and New Zealand Banking Group's teller machine network ground to a halt today, amidst unrelated concern over job cuts looming at the financial giant.
Security experts have hacked ATMs to show how easy it is to steal money and bank account details from modern cash machines.
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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.
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ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).
Banks around the world are adopting technology to help customers dodge queues and free up tellers at the same time. Here's a glimpse of the machines that could be coming to Australia soon.
China's 960 million citizens will be issued with digital smart ID cards, starting from next year.
Two MIT graduate students say they found personal and corporate information on used disk drives bought off the Internet and at swap meets.
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Starting Oct. 1, Microsoft will move many of its most popular enterprise packages--including Office--to a new subscription system that could raise the price 33 to 107 percent.
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