ANZ loses former tech chief to heart attack
Former ANZ IT chief Mike Grime passed away after suffering a heart attack in his home in France last Friday. He was 62 years old.
View ArticleANZ to Spend $500m on Managed Network and Services
Singtel-owned telco Optus is provide telecommunications and managed networks service to the ANZ bank under a new $500 million, five year contract.
View ArticlePermanent IT employee numbers set to rise
Over 40 per cent of employers are likely to increase their number of permanent IT employees during the second quarter of 2010, according to the latest Hudson report.
View ArticleCustomer service key to the future of banking: CIOs
Mobility, security and outsourcing top the list of technology priorities in the finance sector, according to a panel of IT leaders from ANZ, CBA and Greater Building society.
View ArticleWealth management: Deceptively simple
The ANZ recently announced its intention to ramp up its drive into the wealth management sector and HSBC Australia plans to expand into the ‘mass affluent’ market. Both announcements reflect the need...
View ArticleANZ moves to new costing system
Given that 60 per cent of transformation projects fail to deliver their objectives, the ANZ bank was keen to focus on customer service and a global outlook when it moved to a new costing system.
View ArticleSlideshow: ANZ Bank CIO Anne Weatherston announces five year IT roadmap
ANZ Bank has announced its technology roadmap to 2017 which is designed to facilitate two decades of continued growth through the integration of Australia and New Zealand with the Asia Pacific to form...
View ArticleANZ to deploy iPads following due process: Weatherston
ANZ Bank's chief information officer, Anne Weatherston, has revealed that the banking group is investigating the rollout of iPads to senior management as part of its bring your own (BYO) computing...
View ArticleHuman Services appoints former ANZ CIO
The Department of Human Services (DHS) has appointed a former ANZ Australia CIO, Gary Sterrenburg, after a four month search.
View ArticleANZ announces new COO as part of integration of technology and operations
ANZ today announced the appointment of Alistair Currie as group chief operating officer (COO).
View ArticleANZ Bank launches Transactive iOS app for corporate customers
ANZ Bank has continued its mobile banking push with the release of the Transactive iOS app for corporate customers, allowing them to remotely monitor real-time account balances, view current...
View ArticleIBM's Watson: From game shows to game changer in the enterprise
IBM's Watson artificial intelligence technology – perhaps most famous for its 2011 victory in US game show Jeopardy! – will be used by ANZ Bank to deliver faster financial recommendations to customers.
View ArticleIMF sues ANZ in $50m class-action
ANZ has been hit with a $50m class-action lawsuit over exception fees charged over the last six years, in one of 12 cases against Australian banks planned by litigation funders IMF (ASX:IMF)
View ArticleANZ migrates to single banking platform in NZ
ANZ (ASX:ANZ) has revealed it will adopt a single banking IT platform across both its operational units in New Zealand
View ArticleANZ begins $1.5 billion tech spend
A brave new banking world of fingerprint or facial scanning is set to replace PIN codes as ANZ invests $1.5b in technology.
View ArticleOptus Business and Singtel ink $530m contract with ANZ Bank
Optus Business and SingTel have signed a $530 million agreement to provide telcommunications and managed services to the ANZ Bank.
View ArticleSlideshow: ANZ Bank CIO Anne Weatherston announces five year IT roadmap
ANZ Bank has announced its technology roadmap to 2017 which is designed to facilitate two decades of continued growth through the integration of Australia and New Zealand with the Asia Pacific to form...
View ArticleANZ bank CIO to ‘step down’
ANZ group CIO Anne Weatherston will leave the bank, effective immediately, after four years in the role.
View ArticleANZ registers efficiency growth
ANZ has reported what the CEO Michael Smith described as "a good half year result".
View ArticleFingerprints still too unreliable for banks
Biometric technologies such as fingerprint scanning have not taken off in the financial services sector because they are still too unreliable, particularly as an identifier at banks’ ATM machines.
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