Business Intelligence key to beating competition from Google, Paypal
Byline: By Matthew Sainsbury, Senior Journ ...

More Kiwis now saving
Source: William Mace, stuff.co.nz

CommBank’s new game targets executives
Source: Banking Review Media

Deposits help boost BNZ earnings
Source: Tamsyn Parker, NZ Herald

NAB: Tech investment paying off
Source: Tim Lohman, CIO Australia

Skills shortage: companies being too picky?
Source: Darren Greenwood, ZDNet Australia

Business banking moves into mobile
Source: Sally Rose, The Australian Financial Review

New GM of technology appointed at ANZ National
Source: CIO NZ

JP Morgan needs better info
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Is iBanking Apples next big play?
Source: Richard Meadows, stuff.co.nz

Hostage crisis in the cloud: Can you rescue your data back?
Source: Stephanie Overby, CIO NZ

Myanmar: Asia Pacific’s new financial market?
Byline: By Matthew Sainsbury, Senior Journ ...

Boomers turn to the net to access superannuation
Source: Bela Moore, Money Management

Banking on finding your weak spots
Source: Deborah Gough, Brisbane Times

Speculation over job cuts at St George
Source: Chris Zappone, The Age

Regional bank tries to conjure Apple magic
Source: Adam Smith, Australian Broker Online

AP banks to kick off core banking projects
Source: Jack Loo, CIO Asia

RHB Now Mobile Banking app available
Source: Business Times

Asia-Pacific Manufacturers Holding Back on Cloud Adoption
Source: CFO Innovation

MoneyGram services expanded to 10,000 Bank of China locations in China
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking and Payments Asia

Credit Card Bill
Source: James Middleton, Telecoms.com

Regulations force BCA to close shop in Malaysia
Source: Thomas Zink

JPMorgan Relocates Key Executive To Asia
Source: Tom Braithewaite, Paul Davies and Henny Sender, VCCircle

Strong cash withdrawal earnings
Source: Somruedi Banchongduang, Bangkok Post

11th Annual Innovators of the Year
Source: John Adams and Penny Crosman, Bank Technology News

Technology core to Narev’s Bank of the Future
Byline: By Matthew Sainsbury and Alyson Mi ...

Allied Bank, BDO, HSBC Philippines and Metrobank Recognised: Philippine banks among the best in card marketing
Source: Mayala Business Insight

Eftpos innovation complication
Source: Harrison Polites. Technology Spectator

Countering the cloud debate
Source: Andrea Di Maio, Technology Spectator

Breaking free from business alignment
Source: Kevin Noonan, CIO NZ

ANZ says branches will close
Source: Michael Bennet, The Australian

Identity service to be extended to private sector
Source: Tom Pullar-Strecker, stuff.co.nz

Floating rates: RaboDirect and Shine channel challenger spirit, take aim at big bad banks
Source: Ben Fahy, Stop Press

Kiwibank wins top major bank
Source: Richard Meadows, stuff.co.nz

Probe underway into bank payment failures
Source: Hamish Rutherford, stuff.co.nz

Mobile wallet trial to start in May
Source: TVNZ

Demystifying the Big Data hype
Byline: By Matthew Sainsbury, Senior Journ ...

Technology to keep CBA ahead of pack
Source: Elizabeth Knight, Sydney Morning Herald

Tech refresh enables Aussie jobs: CBA
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet

St George app increases its bank ability
Source: Paul Smith, The Australian Financial Review

Aussie upstart OzForex takes on banks in travel money card market
Source: Peter Dinham, iTWire

BYO devices driving mobile device management market
Source: Peter Dinham, iTWire

Computer Trojan horse steals credit card details from hotel reception software
Source: CIO Australia

Mobile growth drives BNZ security evolution
Source: Karen Joy Provo, tone

CBAs Kiwi CEO Ian Narev says ASB is a domestic brand; CBA wont talk of cross selling; Sees big changes driven by technological innovation
Source: Gareth Vaughan, interest.co.nz

TSB joins banking app race
Source: stuff.co.nz

Poppy Day Appeal in twitter first
Source: Voxy.co.nz

Banking apps ‘puffery’ is anything but
Source: Andrew Cornell, The Australian Financial Review

Smartphone wallets going mainstream: poll
Source: SBS World News Australia

Are BYOD workers more productive?
Source: Tom Kaneshige, Computerworld NZ

The Facebook effect
Source: Divina Paredes, CIO NZ

Many banks failing on social media
Source: WARC

CIOs still dismissed as mere techies by CEOs
Source: Julian Goldsmith, CIO NZ

Citibank launches suite of Mobile Banking Apps; World class banking now truly at your fingertips
Source: Malaya Business Insight

Citi banks on China, Asia for increased growth
Source: Lin Yanqin, Today Online

OCBC launches credit card with interest-free instalments for any purchase
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking Payments Asia

75% of worlds poor unbanked but mobile phones revolutionising access
Source: finextra

Malaysian banks invited to expand in Pakistan
Source: Pakistan Observer

Janice Lee Bank Sarasin’s new Head of Credit Management Asia
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking&Payments Asia

Punjab National Bank to set up 24-hours eLobby
Source: Meghna Mukerjee, Banking&Payments Asia

CIOs can strengthen your board of directors
Source: cio.com

Westpac opening for business in India
Source: The Age

Credit card market increasingly polarised
Source: Banking Day

ASX shares new data centre with Singaporean firm
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

Gaps in social media adviser uptake revealed
Source: Melanie Timbrell, Financial Standard Online

Technology Spectator: Bring-your-own-device disaster
Source: Harrison Polites, Business Spectator

US Bank launches augmented reality iPhone application
Source: Banking Business Review

OCBC’s new CEO aims to boost China, Indonesia revenue
Source: Sanat Vallikappen, Bloomberg

Cybercrime a growing threat to the financial services sector
Source: CFO innovation Asia

DBS Bank to boost China franchise with injection of over 2 billion yuan
Source: The China Post

ANZ appoints head of institutional banking in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand
Source: The Asset

Can banks find a rainbow in the cloud?
Source: Dan Morris, Computerworld

Use phone to move funds
Source: Sakina Babwani, The Times of India

Cloud computing skills shortage forces CIOs to grow their own
Source: Meridith Levinson, CIO Asia

Tweeting, blogging for work fraught with risks
Source: Liau Yun Qing , ZDNet Asia

Why Open Source is the key to cloud innovation
Source: Thor Olavsrud, CIO Asia

Westpac wants bigger slice
Source: The Age

J.P. Morgan adopts Agile in Australia
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

New CEO of New Zealand Bankers Association Kirk Hope says key RBNZ regulatory moves lack policy justification
Source: Gareth Vaughan, interest.co.nz

BNZ money laundering detection goes to Oracle
Source: Stephen Allely, The National Business Review

Credit card numbers on the rise
Source: 3 News

Using live chat to reconnect with online customers
Source: Bank Systems & Technology

Bank of New Zealand reduces ATM downtime by a third with NCR predictive services
Source: MarketWatch – The Wall Street Journal

Banking technology goes consumer
Source: finextra

Tool tracks end user cloud experience
Source: Beverly Head, iTWire

Massive jump in mobile money transfers predicted
Source: Peter Dinham, iTWire

CommBank vendors to address MacBook gripes
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

The ultimate banking app guide
Source: Liz Phillips, Technology Spectator

Australia first in line to receive American Express card-less payment solution
Source: Harrison Polites, Technology Spectator

Majority of Web users bank online – poll
Source: Finextra

Call to abolish ATM fees in remote communities
Source: Lisa Mosley, ABC News

How to avoid the perils of virtualization and Cloud stall
Source: CIO Australia

Australia’s CFOs ahead on mobile payments: HSBC
Source: Australian Banking & Finance

National Australia Bank Ltd. : NAB to launch new multi-currency pre-paid card
Source: 4-traders

Sandy Flockhart retires from HSBC
Source: Lara Wozniak, FinanceAsia

Global core banking market set to reach $5.1 billion as banks loosen purse strings - Celent
Source: Finextra

Malaysian banks advised to tap social media
Source: Cesar Tordesillas, Asian Banking & Finance

Maximizing database performance top biz concern
Source: Jamie Yap , ZDNet Asia

IndiaFirst Life sets new benchmarks for online insurance
Source: Sneha Jha, CIO Indonesia

3,000 key players participated in last week’s smart technology platform CARTES in Asia in Hong Kong
Source: Financial Post

China to build up new insurance supervisory mechanisms - paper
Source: Reuters

The CIO enters the era of disruption
Source: Thornton A. May, CIO Asia

Cloud vs virtualisation: What do bankers prefer?
Source: Roxanne Uy, Asian Banking & Finance

Westpac keeps tight rein on gadget use
Source: Paul Smith, The Australian Financial Review

Banking faces its digital revolution
Source: Richard Meadows, stuff.co.nz

Westpac cloud project mothballed
Source: Brett Winterford, itnews.com.au

Eftpos skimmers: 4 arrests in scam
Source: Andrew Koubaridis, nzherald.co.nz

Kiwis heavy users of ATMs overseas
Source: ONE News

Bank-to-bank fund transfers speed up
Source: Tom Pullar-Strecker, stuff.co.nz

The six best personal cloud storage choices for your stuff
Source: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, ZDNet

ATMs could run out of cash
Source: 3 News

Banking, shopping and job hunting online
Source: Patricia Reaney, stuff.co.nz

Westpac dawdles in branch performance
Source: Eric Johnston, The Sydney Morning Herald

JP Morgan splurges $30m on local tech
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Visa drops card processor after breach
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

CBA makes it easier for businesses over Easter
Source: East & Partners

Mobility, BI top priorities for ANZ CIOs: Gartner
Source: Hamish Barwick, CIO Australia

Change makes Teachers largest mutual bank
Source: Eric Johnston, The Sydney Morning Herald

MLC MasterKey Business Super upgrades clearing house
Source: Rachel Davis, Financial Standard

DBS to test Indonesian openness with $7.2 bln takeover
Source: Saeed Azhar and Neil Chatterjee, Reuters

CIMB agrees to buy certain RBS businesses in Asia-Pacific
Source: Anette Jonsson, FinanceAsia

HKEx to invest HK$3b on platform upgrade
Source: Oswald Chen, China Daily

HSBC Singapore axes over 100 jobs
Source: The Jakarta Post

Asia-Pacific corporates boost utilization of HSBCnet mobile service
Source: Mridula Sudharsan, The Asset

Maybank Singapore launches Manchester United Platinum Visa cards
Source: Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah, Bernama

OCBC launches “Pay Any Card” service
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking & Payments Asia

Bank Negara Indonesia taps voice biometrics for password resets
Source: Finextra

Metrobank Card implements FICO solution to combat fraud
Source: Meghna Mukerjee, Banking & Payments Asia

AMP spends $87m more on IT
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

Security breach risk for Kiwi cardholders
Source: Lois Cairns, stuff.co.nz

Paymark, phone firms introduce mobile pay
Source: Tom Pullar-Strecker, stuff.co.nz

The little bank that could
Source: Rob Stock, Dominion Post

ATM scam at $1m and rising
Source: Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald

Money transactions to become quicker
Source: Tom Pullar-Strecker, stuff.co.nz

Visa drops ‘Global Payments’ credit card processor
Source: Time

Five things you need to know about Near-Field Communications
Source: Lauren Brousell, CIO NZ

7 habits of innovative IT leaders
Source: Rob Preston, InformationWeek

Asia-Pacific corporates boost utilisation of of HSBCnet mobile service
Source: Mridula Sudharsan, The Asset

NAB creating best practices for vetting Cloud providers
Source: John Adams, Information Management

ANZ sets its sights on Burma
Source: Asian Banking & Finance

Sutton ditches CBA in favour of BoQ
Source: Russell Quinn, PerthNow

Ignore Big Data at your peril: Deloitte
Source: Diana Nguyen, Computerworld Australia

Cybercrime a growing risk for FS firms – PwC survey
Source: Finextra

Banking via mobile phone to become the norm
Source: George Liondis, Australian Financial Review

Pay your credit card bills with OCBCs pay any card service
Source: Singapore Business Review

J.P. Morgan Asia chief exits
Source: Alison Tudor, The Wall Street Journal

JPM expands reach of mobile banking platform
Source: The Asset

Citi Private Bank names Sameer Kaul as India boss
Source: Rupert Walker, Finance Asia

Citibank Singapore launches instant online installment loans
Source: Melissa Aw, Yahoo!Finance Singapore

BNP Paribas launches Cortex FX electronic trading platform
Source: Oliver Jones, The Asset

The best iPad banking apps
Source: Olivia LaBarre & Bryan Yurcan, Bank Systems & Technology

HSBC staying in Kingdom
Source: Seetalavajit Sabayjai, The Nation

CIMB plans soft launch of credit cards
Source: Sucheera Pinijparakarn, The Nation

PayPal launches credit card reader in Australia, Hong Kong
Source: Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet Asia

Deutsche invests big in India
Source: East & Partners

Morgan Stanley secures banking licence in Singapore
Source: Thomas McMahon, Banking & Payments Asia

RBS to shut some businesses in Korea, Indonesia and Singapore
Source: Anette Jonsson, Finance Asia

BI to build national integrated payment system
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking & Payments Asia

Chinese own 2.95b bank cards
Source: China Daily

ATM scam escalates
Source: Sarah Harvey, stuff.co.nz

ASB brings back three ex-staffers as executives; one as CFO, and two to newly created positions
Source: Gareth Vaughan, interest.co.nz

Rabobank appoints new chairman, director
Source: Roeland Van Den Bergh, stuff.co.nz

Westpac tech chief comes out swinging
Source: Paul Smith, The Australian Financial Review

Checking a bank balance on your phone, no log-in needed
Source: Ann Carrns, The New York Times

NZ ready for mobile and NFC payments, says MasterCard
Source: CIO New Zealand

Mobile banking pays small merchants
Source: Source: Jessica Gardner, The Australian Financial Review

Banks’ payments ‘pay day’ under threat: report
Source: Australian Banking & Finance

The CIO transformation challenge
Source: Kevin Noonan, Technology Spectator

Harnessing enterprise social networks
Source: Rebecca Merrett, CIO Australia

Exclusive video interview with Standard Chartereds Global Head of Channels Technology
Source: FST Media

NAB bolsters payments systems
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

Contactless payments spike at CBA
Source: Chris Griffith, Australian IT

St George boosts mobile account creation
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

Zurich Australia touts ‘experience-oriented’ architecture
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

Reserve Bank to monitor bank glitches
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

Did you miss FST Media’s Sydney Insurance event? Access audio and presentations here
Source: FST Media

Nasscom Forum 2012: Standard Chartered to increase IT spending by 7 per cent
Source: Goutam Das, Business Today

Google Wallet fixes prepaid security bug
Source: ZDNet

NAB glitches not related to IT upgrade: chief
Source: Chris Zappone, Sydney Morning Herald

NAB upgrades mobile banking app
Source: Stuart Corner, iTWire

Westpac appoints new CIO
Source: CIO New Zealand

BNZ money laundering detection goes to Oracle
Source: Stephen Allely, The National Business Review

Commbank sketches mobile future
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

BlackBerry falls out of CommBank favour
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet

PayPal launches smartphone credit card reader
Source: Adam Turner, Sydney Morning Herald

Mobile financial technology to save governments billions: report
Source: Australian Banking & Finance

Upgrading your data toolbox
Source: Technology Spectator

NAB replaces 40-year-old tech system
Source: Australian Financial Review

Customer engagement ranks as top challenge for insurers
Byline: By FST Media

Bendigo Bank slashes IT project failures
Source: Liz Tay, IT News

NAB may be unable to fully exit UK operations: report
Source: Business Spectator

Chi-X disappoints with weak first months
Source: Business Spectator

Cash no longer king as savvy consumers look to technology
Source: Peter Martin, The Sydney Morning Herald

Morgan Stanley to do wholesale banking in Singapore
Source: Asian Banking & Finance

Citi fine tunes India segmentation strategy with Citibanking
Source: Douglas Blakey, Retail Banker International

AmEX, Morgan Stanley issue co-brand cards
Source: Duygu Tavan, Cards International

Banks design alternative products to government’s disaster-insurance scheme
Source: Sucheera Pinjiparakarn, The Nation

Bank of Beijing partners with Banco Santander to develop consumer finance business
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking & Payments Asia

Balakrishan’s mobile platform opens new channels of revenue
Source: Anup Varier, CIO India

KTC targets high-end clients for its credit-card services
Source: Sucheera Pinjiparakarn, The Nation

ATMs to shut down briefly
Source: Bangkok Post

Westpac NZ gets new chief after Frazis heads to St George
Source: Paul McBeth, scoop.co.nz

ANZ to double its presence in China over the next decade
Source: Banking Business Review

IAG to axe 600 jobs over three years
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Comm Bank shoots for six minute failure
Source: Beverley Head, ITWire

Westpac backs down on IT replacements training
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Tech chiefs to convene, share insights on trends and challenges
Byline: By FST Media

Social media key to super reinvention
Byline: By Michael Pollack, FST Media

CIOs under pressure to adopt BYOD
Source: CIO New Zealand

Top banks teaming up on tech projects
Source: Bank Systems & Technology

10 things financial marketers need to know about Facebook’s new Timeline features right now
Source: The Financial Brand

The 4 forces that will shape IT economics in 2012
Source: Howard Rubin, Wall Street & Technology

Misleading campaign – regulator raps CBA
Source: Eric Johnston, The Sydney Morning Herald

Suncorp touts virtual desktop cost savings
Source: Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet Australia

NAB opts into cloud computing standards security trial
Source: Harrison Polites, Technology Spectator

Online insurance solution for SMSF sector
Source: Andrew Tsanadis, Money Management

Quick as a flash crash
Source: Australian Financial Review

MasterCard, Barclaycard US intro crowd-sourced , social media credit card
Source: Rachel King, ZDNet

The seven deadly transformation pitfalls
Source: Simon Wrench, Technology Spectator

OCBC Bank launches iPad app for home loan fact sheet
Source: Asian Banking & Finance

ICBC now allows cash advances through mobile phones
Source: Asian Banking & Finance

Thai unit of CIMB targets ambitious retail banking growth
Source: Douglas Blakey, Retail Banker International

RBS to sell Asian assets to Malaysia’s CIMB
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Study: Cloud will create 14 million jobs by 2014
Source: Brandon Butler, Computerworld

ICICI extends m-banking service, launches fee for m-payments
Source: Douglas Blakey, Retail Banker International

Danamon launches Manchester United cards
Source: Esther Samboh, The Jakarta Post

Facebook eyed by banks for preferred customer treatment, rewards
Source: Catherine New, Huffington Post

Westpac to send 119 tech jobs overseas: FSU
Source: Technology Spectator

National Australia Bank tests cloud security standards
Source: Stephen Bell, CIO New Zealand

ANZ expands in China with local currency products
Source: Ruth Williams, The Sydney Morning Herald

ANZ’s Onepath named fund manager of the year
Source: Eloise Gibson, stuff.co.nz

CBA hailed for social media initiative
Source: Paul McIntyre, Australian Financial Review

Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts
Source: Darren Pauli, IT News

Hadoop: How open source can whittle Big Data down to size
Source: Rohan Pearce, Techworld

Keeping up with mobile innovation
Source: Olivia LaBarre, Bank Systems & Technology

Further Westpac job cuts likely
Byline: By Michael Pollack, FST Media

CBA restores ATM, EFTPOS networks
Source: Ben Woodhead and Brian Corrigan, Australian Financial Review

Commbank taps Hadoop for custom loans
Source: Liz Tay, iTnews

JP Morgan offers mobile access
Source: Elise Burgess, Financial Standard Online

Suncorp sells down Polaris data centre share
Source: James Hutchinson, iTnews

PayPal gains new rival as competition heats up in offline payment race
Source: Technology Spectator

Visa and Vodafone partner to roll out mobile wallet
Source: Bank Systems & Technology

Hacking now responsible for most of exposed records
Source: Dan Kaplan, SC Magazine

NABs HICAPS payment system crashes
Source: Harrison Polites, Technology Spectator

Prepaid mobile payments unlock poors buying power
Source: Ryan Huang , ZDNet Asia

DBS needs reputation damage control
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

MasterCard boosts Utiba’s converging payments
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking & Payments Asia

Visa launches mobile provisioning service, team sup with Vodafone
Source: Sarah Perez, Tech Crunch

ABN Amro cashes in on virtualisation
Source: Jamie Yap, ZDNet Asia

Airtel launches mobile money service across India
Source: Thomas Zink, Banking & Payments Asia

Banks should not rush with innovation
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

New thinking required for BYO device security
Byline: By Michael Pollack, FST Media

Leading IT executives share insights on emerging trends: Hong Kong’s Technology and Innovation – The Future of Financial Services
Byline: Michael Pollack, FST Media

CBA presses home tech advantage
Source: Australian Financial Review

Visa launches mobile provisioning service, team sup with Vodafone
Source: Sarah Perez, Tech Crunch

MasterCard aims to help financially underserved consumers via new mobile program
Source: Rimma Kats, Mobile Commerce Daily

850,000 Android phones activated daily. Says Google
Source: Computerworld NZ

The top 10 most innovative companies in the finance industry
Source: Fast Company

Confessions of a social media sceptic
Source: The Financial Brand

Westpac’s silence on unstable site
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Wanted: privacy and security officers to curb data theft
Source: Lia Timson, The Sydney Morning Herald

Wallet thieves have some chance at guessing card PINs
Source: iTnews

RBA fed up with banks’ glitches
Source: Australian Financial Review

NRMA builds pre-emptive insurance claims tool
Source: Liz Tay, IT News

ME Bank at a workplace near you
Source: Sylvia Pennington, The Sydney Morning Herald

Retail banking IT spend on the rise
Source: Australian Banking and Finance

Mobiles to bridge gap
Source: Australian Banking & Finance

Planners need to commit to the social media conversation
Source: Melanie Timbrell, Financial Standard Online

PayPal processed more than 8,000 HK mobile payments daily in 2011
Source: Computerworld Hong Kong

Standard Chartered to increase IT spending by 7 per cent
Source: Goutam Das, Business Today

HDFC to set up loan kiosks in 500 corporate offices
Source: Meghna Mukerjee, Retail Banker International

Additional security layer shores up banks’ 2FA security
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

‘Hana N Wallet’ – Virtual Wallet? But real!
Source: Kyong Sun Kong, Banking & Payments Asia

IT procurement prone to high fraud risk
Source: Ryan Huang, ZDNet Asia

Is your cloud ready to be Agile?
Source: David Taber, CIO

Westpac suffers outage as RBA cracks down on bank glitches
Source: Ben Grubb, The Sydney Morning Herald

No big ticket spend post-core: CBA
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZD Net Australia

CommBank’s Kaching clocks up 110k downloads
Source: Stuart Corner, iTWire

Business customers less satisfied with ANZ
Source: The Australian

Hashtag hate for Westpac and Qantas
Source: Axel Bruns, Technology Spectator

Businesses must have Android apps
Source: stuff.co.nz

Researchers find flaw in online encryption
Source: John Markoff, The Sydney Morning Herald

Google Wallet fixes prepaid security bug
Source: Lance Whitney, ZDNet Australia

CIOs must create mobile strategies to manage the rise of enterprise mobility
Source: Diana Nguyen, CIO Australia

A critical mismatch
Source: CIO NZ

Tech not replacing branches yet: CBA CEO
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

Westpac in Facebook crackdown
Source: Cameron Houston, The Sydney Morning Herald

Pioneer takes the plunge into social media
Source: Michael Pollack, FST Media

Chief Mobile Officer: A job title now timely?
Source: Tech World

Thinking outside the bank: innovation in financial services
Source: Banking Technology

Bankers in Asia aren’t as reviled as in west: DBS CEO
Source: CNBC Asia

Citi opens branch with Digitalised Smart Banking technology in the US
Source: Retail Banker International

Macquarie cuts 10% of Asia investment jobs
Source: Bloomberg

Visa launches mobile services for US financial institutions
Source: finextra.com

What makes a business CIO?
Source: CIO India

ING banks on in-memory analytics
Source: Computerworld Hong Kong

US WTO case against China ‘major reason’ for Citibank nod
Source: Bloomberg

Tech staff spared in ANZ’s 1000 job cuts
Source: Liz Tay, IT News

NAB glitch leaves customers cashless
Source: Business Spectator

Hack exposes Google Wallet PIN
Source: ZDNet Australia

Electronic transactions jump in January
Source: The National Business Review

Banks need to look outside core business for innovation says PwC
Source: interest.co.nz

Citibank overcharged some customers using iPad app
Source: Yahoo NZ

Over a third of kiwi CEOs have no involvement in key IT projects
Source: CIO New Zealand

Four burning questions for Bank IT in 2012
Source: Bank Systems and Technology

Pioneer takes the plunge into social media
Byline: By Michael Pollack, FST Media

Fraser pledges ‘review’ if bank errors continue
Source: Daniel Hurst, The Sydney Morning Herald

Macquarie expands shared tech team
Source: Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au

New ASX data centre goes live
Source: Liz Tay, IT News

CIOs, CTOs confident in growth prospects for 2012
Source: Rebecca Merrett, cio.com.au

APAC CIOs desire compliance, data protection skills
Source: Jamie Yap, ZDNet Asia

Citi gets approval to issue credit cards in China
Source: Reuters

Eight bank technology trends that will shape the industry in 2012
Source: Bryan Yurcan, Bank Systems & Technology

Visa promotes greater use of debit cards
Source: Bangkok Post

Asia Pacific set to lead investment in retail banking technology
Source: Asian Banking & Finance

PayPal partners MasterCard to launch prepaid card
Source: Anthony Tshibangu, Banking & Payments Asia

US digital banking adoption and satisfaction on the up
Source: finextra.com

Financial Markets Authority gears up to police finance industry
Source: computerworld.co.nz

Meet Westpac’s new technology leaders
Source: Brett Winterford, IT News

Suncorp rules out outsourced IT as customers go online
Source: Liz Tay, IT News

CIO confidence; a dead cat bounce?
Source: Beverley Head, IT Wire

Analysts on preparing for Apple iOS device flood in the enterprise
Source: CIO NZ

NZCS progresses on Cloud initiative
Source: reseller.co.nz

Businesses rethinking mobile plan
Source: Brian Corrigan, Australian Financial Review

Special Report: State of Online Services in US Banking
Source: The Financial Brand

How to protect your intellectual property in the Cloud
Source: CIO NZ

Laos bank uses NZ payments technology
Source: computerworld.co.nz

New ASX data centre to open next week
Source: TechWorld

The great bank jobs heist: here today, gone overseas tomorrow
Source: Matt Wade & Mark Hawthorne, The Sydney Morning Herald

Suncorp appoints Oracle, lays down priorities for 2012
Source: Mahesh Sharma, The Sydney Morning Herald

St George, Bank SA targets of legal action
Source: Business Spectator

Debit now fastest growing payment type
Source: John Kavanagh, Banking Day

Growing a new crop of IT managers
Source: Paul Glen, Technology Spectator

Time to shut up about the death of the CIO
Source: Nick Heath, silicon.com

When customers seek help on Twitter, US banks fall short
Source: The Financial Brand

Hong Kong braces for job cuts at lenders
Source: Chester Yung, The Wall Street Journal

Mastercard launches Singapore R&D hub
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

ICBC promotes consumer upgrade with innovative payment services
Source: Cesar Torsedillas, Asian Banking & Finance

HSBC sells Thai units
Source: Business Times

Two-hour downtime for OCBC trading site due to power outage
Source: AsiaOne

Philippines’ EastWest Bank in massive branch expansion
Source: Asian Banking & Finance

IT outsourcing deal size data shows decade-long decline
Source: Stephanie Overby, CIO Asia

Twitters country-specific blocking brings hazards and hope
Source: Stephen Lawson, MIS Asia

Consumer and technology: from data to the right offer
Source: Hindustan Times

Smart cards not security liabilities
Source: Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia

Expat Kiwi new NZX boss
Source: The National Business Review

Westpac stuck with desktop dinosaurs
Source: IT News

What matters most for CIOs
Source: CIO New Zealand

ICT job market shaky but hopeful: ITCRA
Source: CIO Asia

Chasing the digital wallet
Source: Rob Livingstone, Technology Spectator

How to make IT irreplaceable
Source: Niel Nickolaisen, CIO

Inside the social organisation
Source: CIO New Zealand

NZ Reserve Bank Governor to step down in September
Source: Bloomberg

Why pricing should be done on more than just instinct
Source: Maryfran Johnson, CIO

Tech leaders call for harmony on privacy, security
Source: Source: Kenneth Corbin, CIO

2012: Year of fast changes for IT professionals
Source: Leo King, MIS Asia

Citi Offers Personal Renminbi Payment Services in Asia-Pacific
Source: TheAsset.com

Banks to Bank on Mobile Penetration
Source: Muntazir Abbas, CIOL

Changing role ahead for CIOs: report
Source: Peter Dinham, iTWire

Banks under Fire for Misusing Client Data
Source: Chris Ip, South China Morning Post

Multichannel Banking the Norm in Developed Asia
Source: MarketingMag.com.au

Pursuing a World of Mobile Wallets
Source: Times of India

Mobile Payments Offer Opportunity to Reach the Unbanked
Source: Bryan Yurcan, BankTech.com

Commonwealth Bank meltdown
Source: Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald

Westpac to cut indigenous communities’ banking costs
Source: Angela Faherty and Bernard Kellerman, AB+F

Contactless on Ombudsman’s radar
Source: John Kavanagh, Banking Day

Telstra appoints new CFO from AXA
Source: AAP, and Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet

Macquarie Life launches online insurance service
Source: Elise Burgess, Financial Standard

Mobile device use lifts despite security concerns: KPMG
Source: Bernard Kellerman, AB+F

Mobile payment safer than credit card say consumers
Source: Peter Dinham, iTWire

UOB enables mobile money transfers
Source: Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet Asia

Bank revamps branches to stay abreast with technology
Source: Lew Kai Ping, Malaysia Star

Asian countries may see slower growth due to uncertainties in the West
Source: Liz Lee, Malaysia Star

Number of Pinoys using online banking on the rise
Source: Richmond S. Mercurio, Malaya Business Insight

CIMB has strong foothold in ASEAN
Source: Yap Leng Kuen, Malaysia Star

The changing bank outlook for 2012
Source: Likhit Wagle, Banktech

Mobility in 2012: A Look Ahead
Source: Tony Bradley, PC World

Has the time finally arrived for NFC
Source: Akanksha Singh, Voice Data

Keeping mobile apps business apt
Source: Vivian Yeo, ZD Net Asia

Mobile platform key security focus for 2012
Source: Enterprise Innovation

Beyond technology
Source: Divina Paredes, CIO NZ

ANZ New Zealand & BCC Collaboration Takes Innovation Global
Source: Scoop NZ

Numara lays out strategy for New Zealand
Source: Simon Eskow, Reseller NZ

Westpac Life New Zealand relies on Informatica to realise big data opportunities
Source: GlobeNewswire

IT Priorities: more focused on black than green
Source: Phil Dobbie, ZDNet

CIOs must address Euro crisis: Gartner
Source: Rachel King, ZDNet

Taking the plunge — desktop virtualisation
Source: Brad Howarth, CIO

NFC uptake accelerating: Visa
Source: Diana Nguyen, Computerworld

Air NZ shakes up Airpoints with debit card option
Source: Eveline Harvey, New Zealand Herald

CommInsure launches underwriting platform
Source: Claire McGreal, Financial Standard

CBA turns on the IdeaBank for customer ideas
Source: Brenton Currie, iTechReport

MetLife SMS service goes live
Source: Rachel Davis, Financial Standard

Mortgage Choices clever cloud call
Source: Charis Palmer, Technology Spectator

Big four customers wouldn’t recommend their bank
Source: Adam Smith, Australian Broker News

Living in an mCommerce World
Source: Allie Schratz, Business Review Australia

Bankings Facebook frenemies
Source: Charis Palmer, Technology Spectator

Did you miss FST Media’s Super event? Access audio and presentations here
Source: FST Media

Citi harnesses Internet, mobile tech for clients
Source: Lynda Hong Ee Lyn, Today Online

DBS combats cyber threat with new banking token
Source: Tan Weizhen, Today Online

How New Apps Will Change the Way You Bank
Source: Zoe Macintosh, TechNewDaily

NFC technology gets more support in China
Source: MobileBloom

Debit-card use may rise amid global turmoil
Source: Sophie Hong, AsiaOne

India’s Puri Shunning Mobile Phone Wants HDFC Bank to Emulate Wells Fargo
Source: Ruth David and George Smith Alexander, Bloomberg

Citi, ANZ to boost transaction management services in Asia
Source: The Economic Times

The Path to E-Banking Success
Source: Katherine Burger, Bank Systems & Technology

Gartner Predicts More Cloud and Loss of IT Control in 2012
Source: Ann Bednarz, CIO India

CBA to crowdsource tech project ideas
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet

New CIO at Westpac announced: restructure a sign of the times?
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

AmEx helps customers cash in on Foursquare
Source: Stephanie Overby, CIO

NZ Bank of the year named
Source: TVNZ

Why Yammer Is Snatching Up Enterprise Customers
Source: Lauren Brousell, CIO, NZ

Phone porting used to unlock net banking codes
Source: Brett Winterford, ITNews

Socialising banking: unravelling the complexities of engagement
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

NZ climbs up mobile internet rankings
Source: Hamish Fletcher, New Zealand Herald

NZ may beat US to cloud code of practice
Source: Stephen Bell, Computer World, NZ

Cybercrime taking off in NZ
Source: Randal Jackson, Computer World, NZ

New CIO at Westpac announced: restructure a sign of the times?
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Why NAB’s NFC isn’t out yet
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

ASX details October software glitch
Source: Technology Spectator

Tweet as: how to bank on a swift response
Source: Chris Zappone, Sydney Morning Herald

Socialising banking: unravelling the complexities
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Did you miss FST Media’s Payments event? Access audio and presentations here
Source: FST Media

New CIO at Westpac announced: restructure a sign of the times?
Byline: By Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Socialising banking: unravelling the complexities of engagement
Byline: By Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

IFC will help in ‘branchless banking’ pilot project
Source: Esther Samboh, The Jakarta Post

Movenbank bids to allay Facebook login concerns
Source: Finextra

OCBC’s fast account opening
Source: AsiaOne Business

HDFC Bank partners with Vodafone for m-banking launch
Source: Finextra

Smarter than a smartphone?
Source: Jonathan Wong, Finance Asia

ANZ offloads Cambodian mobile payments venture Wing
Source: Finextra

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong selects Wincor Nixdorf as ATM provider
Source: Banking Business Review

Wealth managers begin to embrace mobile apps
Source: The Economic Times

CIO’s role to be redefined as the cloud changes into Outsourcing 3.0: IDC
Source: CBR Online

Online buying by tapping credit card on computer
Source: Tom Pullar-Strecker, Stuff.co.nz

Westpac to appoint new CIO: report
Source: Supratim Adhikari, Technology Spectator

Heir apparent emerges in Westpac reshuffle
Source: Danny John, Sydney Morning Herald

BNZ launches swipe phone wallet trial
Source: NZ Herald

CBA’s Kaching app still in test mode
Source: Hamish Barwick, CIO Australia

CBA throws down the payments gauntlet
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Banks encumbered with IT legacy, compliance: Experts
Source: Hamish Barwick, CIO Australia

Why isn’t Australia a tech launch market?
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

NAB Asset servicing launches fund administration in New Zealand via MMc Partnership
Source: GC Australia

CBA throws down the payments gauntlet
Byline: By Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Sunsuper drops NAB and appoints State Street as custodian
Source: Global Custodian

NAB grabs Melbourne data centre
Source: Ry Crozier, itnews

CBA replaces ATM fleet with EMV-enabled machines
Source: Finextra

Weekend upgrade downs teacher banking
Source: James Hutchinson, itnews

Suncorp teams with loyalty platform
Source: Inside Retail

Lawyers warn of cloud rogue risks
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

How to break through unsustainable IT staffing models
Source: Sandra Van Dijk, CIO Australia

Visa unveils mobile banking
Source: The Philippine Star

Visa brands its digital wallet V.me
Source: Marguerite Reardon, ZDNet Asia

BoAML’s CashPro provides greater control to clients
Source: Mridula Sudharsan, The Asset

CFOs shouldn’t act without CIO advice
Source: Edwin Yapp, ZDNet Asia

Citi, HSBC top rivals in Southeast Asia
Source: The Asset

Bank Indonesia wants e-money watchdog
Source: Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta Globe

Google checkout to be merged with Google Wallet
Source: The Paypers

OCBC Bank invests $20m in Singapore
Source: Asian Banking & Finance

‘FRANK by OCBC’ launches credit cards for the youth
Source: Meghna Mukerjee, Retail Banker International

National Australia Bank opens first China branch in Shanghai
Source: Jacob Greber, Bloomberg

Reports that AMI to be sold
Source: Radio New Zealand

Commonwealth to replace its 4100 ATM machine network
Source: AdelaideNow

The rise of the celebrity CIO
Source: Brett Winterford, itnews

Taking Google to Harte
Source: Charis Palmer, Technology Spectator

70 jobs go in Macquarie tech cuts
Source: Paul Smith, Australian Financial Review

BNZ’s parent National Australia Bank opens branch in Shanghai; plans Mumbai branch next year
Source: Bernard Hickey, interest.co.nz

Thousands of jobs to go as banks tighten belts
Source: Ben Protess and Mark Scott, Sydney Morning Herald

Tech trends on the radar screen
Source: Sandra Van Dijk, Computerworld Australia

Branded YouTube channels: super cool, super expensive
Source: Financial Brand

FST Media’s exclusive video interview with Citibank CEO, Roy Gori
Source: FST Media

ASX to release high-speed, low-latency order book PureMatch
Source: Global Custodian Australia

ANZ Wealth unveils succession tools
Source: Victoria Tait, InvestorDaily

Game-changing technology the key to business survival
Source: Sylvia Pennington, Sydney Morning Herald

IT leaders need to take risks in the postmodern age of business
Source: Sandra Van Dijk, CIO Australia

Coming to grips with the bring-your-own gadget generation
Source: Nate Cochrane, Sydney Morning Herald

Citi offers mobile solution in Asia, expands availability of eBam
Source: FinanceAsia

DBS to launch RMB-related businesses
Source: The China Post

DBS and SingPost announce banking services tie-up
Source: Channel News Asia

IT can’t quell all phone-based transactions fears
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

Get social with CIMB Bank Debit MasterCard
Source: Borneo Post

Movenbank names Bales chief mobile officer
Source: Finextra

Now, send money from ATM to mobile
Source: K.Ram Kumar, Hindu Business Line

APAC users feel brands invade social networks
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

HSBC Holding Hiring in China
Source: Fiona Law, FINS

Payments Hubs: Better late than never
Source: Bryan Yurcan, Bank Systems & Technology

ASB Bank taps Google+ Hangouts to chat with mobile pilot participants
Source: Finextra

ANZ loses senior IT executives: report
Source: Supratim Adhikari, Technology Spectator

ComBank wants to cash in on your social networking
Source: Nate Cochrane, Sydney Morning Herald

Commbank CIO slams ‘idiotic’ regulations
Source: Liam Tung, CSO

Suncorp fronts staff on job cuts
Source: Victoria Tait, InvestorDaily

Westpac NZ CEO George Frazis sees annual pay drop to NZ$4.6 mln from NZ$5.73 mln
Source: Gareth Vaughan, interest.co.nz

Please-say-your-name-three-times: Biometric ID is for real
Source: Tom Pullar-Strecker, Waikato Times

Does Google+ matter to retail financial institutions?
Source: The Financial Brand

Social media users wary of ‘brand pollution’ – survey
Source: Finextra

Westpac cuts 188 tech jobs
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

Suncorp IT staff safe from back office cuts
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

CommBank opens a Facebook vault
Source: Mike Bantick, iTWire

Disconnect between IT and management revealed
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Banking’s great social media experiment
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Innovating from within: The power of employee engagement over technology
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Did you miss FST Media’s Sydney Banking event? Access audio and presentations here
Source: FST Media

Innovating from within: the power of employee engagement over technology
Byline: By Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Disconnect between IT and management revealed
Byline: By Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

CIMB expects to issue one million new debit cards yearly with debit Mastercard
Source: Bernama

Need an ATM? Look for the KTB van
Source: Bangkok Post

5 ways CIOs can stay in demand
Source: Jamie Yap, ZDNet Asia

Mandates and payments roundup
Source: Jonathon Wong, FinanceAsia

Bird flies to the top of Citi in Asia
Source: Lara Wozniak, FinanceAsia

Citi expands footprint of global servicing platform
Source: Business Banking Review

Asian expansion a costly exercise but it clearly sets ANZ apart from the pack
Source: Malcolm Maiden, Sydney Morning Herald

When the super-rich get on Facebook, private bankers do, too
Source: Richard Hartung, Today Online

High-performing banks invest in IT: Report
Source: Bryan Yurcan, Bank Systems & Technology

American Express Launches $100M Fund To Invest In Digital Commerce Startups
Source: Leena Rao, TechCrunch

Suncorp IT staff safe from back office cuts
Source: Liz Tay, itnews

Credit unions seeking more customers
Source: TVNZ

New cards mean no-swipe spending
Source: Eloise Gibson, Stuff.co.nz

Social media: the next threat to banks’ dominance?
Source: Chris Zappone, Sydney Morning Herald

NAB to open high-tech branch in 2012
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

Westpac trusts contractors with more work
Source: Michael Lee, ZDNet Australia

In-house changes crucial to AMP revamp
Source: Jazial Crossley, Stuff.co.nz

St George gives sneak peek at app update
Source: Luke Hopewell , ZDNet Australia

We’re playing catch-up in online: Bankwest
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

We’re nowhere near close to seeing a social revolution
Source: Kristin Burnham, CIO New Zealand

ASX pins down glitch, rolls back upgrade
Source: Michael Lee, ZDNet Australia

Finance the worst privacy offender: report
Source: Michael Lee, ZDNet Australia

Bank reputation is the new profit driver
Source: Andrew Tsanadis, Money Management

Your credit history could soon be up for sale
Source: Martin Andrew Zavan, ninemsn Finance

How CIOs can build a better brand
Source: Jack Bergstrand, CIO

Ex-NAB executive joins Bank of Melbourne
Source: Krystine Lumanta, InvestorDaily

SMSF cloud solution launched
Source: Rachel Davis, Financial Standard

CBA introduces Everyday Settlement payment service
Source: Hamish Barwick, Computerworld

Delays hit NAB’s core banking project
Source: Renai LeMay, Delimeter

New Zealand’s newest registered bank unveiled
Source: NZ Herald

Westpac awards datacentre contract to Gen-i
Source: CIO New Zealand

Technology chiefs investing in ‘hype’
Source: Lia Timson, Sydney Morning Herald

Chi-X Australia gives brokers a choice
Source: Jason Krupp, Stuff.co.nz

Financial crisis spurs bank complaints
Source: Maria Slade, Stuff.co.nz

Kiwibank could be in line for cash raised from partial privatisation of SOEs to help grow SME lending, PM Key says
Source: Alex Tarrant, interest.co.nz

Plenty of support for compulsory KiwiSaver
Source: Brian Fallow, NZ Herald

Singapore c. Bank reprimands OCBC over system failure
Source: Reuters

MAS lifts penalty on DBS bank for network glitch
Source: Singapore Business News

RHB unveils new look for branches
Source: Karen W Lim, AsiaOne Business

RHB Bank injects SGD350 million to Singapore operation
Source: Bernama

China replaces financial regulators ahead of leadership change
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Chi-X brings foreign competition to Australia stock market after 150 years
Source: Eleni Himaras, Bloomberg

Indonesia approves new regulator to oversee banks
Source: Aditya Suharmoko, Reuters

Maybank partners India’s Axis for remittance service
Source: Malaysia Business News

Metrobank and Wells Fargo strike deal
Source: Tony Chua, Asian Banking & Finance

CBA rings in the mobile register
Source: Charis Palmer, Technology Spectator

CBA floats iPhone biometrics
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Credit Union Australia goes open for online banking
Source: Brett Winterford, itnews

Industry standards must keep pace with cloud adoption
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Kaching! CBA unveils NFC iPhone push
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

Card-less, bank-free mobile payment service launched
Source: Computerworld NZ

Datamining social media profiles for actionable intelligence
Source: The Financial Brand

Citigroup: Desktop standardisation cuts energy costs by $6million per year
Source: Bob Violino, CIO

KiwiSaver providers accused of fee-gouging
Source: Simon Collins, NZ Herald

Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012
Source: Michael Cooney, CIO New Zealand

Hirst says banks to face tough competition
Source: Drew Cratchley, Sydney Morning Herald

Suncorp automates loan processing, goes paperless
Source: Chloe Herrick, Techworld

Singapore inches closer to mobile wallet
Source: Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia

Singapore Exchange launches clearing service for OTC traded Asian FX Forwards
Source: Banking Business Review

ICICI Bank recalls hundreds of credit and debit cards after cloning scare
Source: India Banking News

OCBC Bank: raises the bar with brand new online banking experience
Source: k: raises the bar with brand new online banking experience

5 best practices for financial institutions on Facebook
Source: Zoe Fox, Mashable

Commonwealth Bank spends $55 Million to boost Vietnam stake
Source: Bloomberg

Stanchart first to adopt Microsoft Technology in latest marketing campaign
Source: Bernama.com

StanChart India CEO to head SE Asia ex-Singapore-memo
Source: Reuters

As UBS shrinks, what of its Asian operations?
Source: The Wall Street Journal

ICT sustainability maturing in APAC
Source: Jamie Yap, ZDNet Asia

Industry standards must keep pace with Cloud adoption
Byline: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

EFTPOS operator runs closed EMV trial
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

Bankwest boss ‘not going anywhere’
Source: Rachel Donkin, The West Australian

ANZ looks to Twitter for global recruits
Source: Fran Foo, The Australian

Tap & Go taking off, says MasterCard
Source: Inside Retail

AMP appoints former AXA heads to merged business
Source: Claire McGreal, Financial Standard

Bank of Queensland puts more women on top
Source: Scott Murdoch, The Australian

ANZ Bank installs new tech honcho
Source: Beverly Head, iTWire

ANZ New Zealand now all black
Source: Richard Gluyas, The Australian

Show and tell, switch and sell
Source: The Financial Brand

Apps replace branches to do St George’s heavy lifting
Source: Fran Foo, The Australian

Beyond the Wall: 10 ideas for dynamic financial Facebook welcome pages
Source: The Financial Brand

Big bank eyes female dollar
Source: Clare Kermond, Sydney Morning Herald

New director for BNZ leadership team
Source: Charlotte Woodfield, The National Business Review

Banks feel pressure to cut jobs but profit on track
Source: Stephen McMahon, Herald Sun

Should the CIO report to the CEO?
Source: Mark Raskino, iTnews

RBS imposes technology spending freeze
Source: Computerworld UK

ANZ Bank installs new tech honcho
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Asia-Pacific region’s private banks manage US$1 trillion: survey
Source: The China Post

27% of AsiaPac brand executives inefficient in social media strategies
Source: Singapore Business Review

Next 10 years to be ‘decade of innovation’ for Asia
Source: Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet Asia

Citi announces new mobile solution
Source: Bryan Yurcan, Bank Systems & Technology

FinMin for white-level ATMs to boost banking access
Source: India Business News

HSBC expands renminbi trade services to all China branches
Source: Tony Chua, Asian Banking & Finance

IT spend by Indian Banks to reach Rs10,000 crore annually: BCG
Source: Debarati Roy, CIO India

Did you miss FST Media’s Banking conference in Singapore? Access audio and PDF presentations here
Source: FST Media

ANZ Bank and the false cloud narrative
Source: Renai LeMay, Delimeter

CBA, union to hold talks as cost-cutting plan stirs job loss fears
Source: Richard Gluyas, The Australian

Citibank targets the affluent retail banking market
Source: Scott Murdoch, The Australian

CUA to overhaul online, mobile banking
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet

NZ execs in ANZ pay freeze
Source: NZ Herald

Simon Power going to Westpac Bank
Source: NZ Herald

Commonwealth Bank to cut costs as banks feel the heat
Source: Richard Gluyas, The Australian

RIM goes NFC for social media sharing
Source: Rachel King, ZDNet

Contactless phone payments stumble on iPhone launch
Source: Liz Tay, iTnews

CBA backs bonus plan for Narev
Source: Eric Johnston, Sydney Morning Herald

ANZ wants leaders, not builders of bank IT
Source: Liz Tay, iTnews

Secure digital transactions top priority for Singapore
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

ANZ Bank CIO shares secrets to effective vendor partnerships
Source: Fran Foo, The Australian

NFC on SIM won’t replace handset as mobile wallet
Source: Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet Asia

Foong to lead change at Maybank
Source: Malaysia Business News

CIMB eyes stake in Philippines bank
Source: Izwan Idris, The Sun Daily

5 tips to manage risk in mega IT projects
Source: Jamie Yap, ZDNet Asia

S’pore NAF to include man-in-the-middle safeguard
Source: Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia

NFC commercial contactless mobile payment system ‘within months’
Source: Andrew Colley, The Australian

Coles holds fire on NFC
Source: Andrew Colley, The Australian

Eftpos break as CBA admits times are tough
Source: Natasha Bita, The Australian

Enterprises grasp social network nettle
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

ANZ in court over excessive fees claims
Source: Stuff.co.nz

Apple’s NFC agenda
Source: Charis Palmer, Technology Spectator

Westpac takes financial advice to remote employment locations
Source: Andrew Main, The Australian

Mobile banking shakes, rattles and roars
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

The rise of the prosumer
Source: Sarah Putt, Computerworld NZ

CIO Michael Harte prepares Commonwealth Bank of Australia to compete with internet giants
Source: Bank Systems & Technology

‘Lazy money’ costing Kiwis, bank claims
Source: TVNZ

ANZ overhauls IT operations
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Nikko AM, DBS Bank merge to become Asia’s largest regional asset manager
Source: Bernama

Allianz, AXA among likely bidders for HSBC unit
Source: Today Online

Philippine firms view compliance as complicated maze
Source: Melvin G. Calimag, ZDNet Asia

Indonesia’s online banking race
Source: AsiaOne

DBS to move head office
Source: Singapore Business News

The top 400 banks on Twitter
Source: The Financial Brand

Asia’s IT industry robust: study
Source: The Australian

ANZ plans ‘significant’ investment in China
Source: China Business News

HK regulator fines Citi $770,000 for employees’ Ponzi scheme
Source: Reuters

RBA, APRA to tackle future bank outages
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

Westpac launches virtual planning service
Source: Elise Burgess, Financial Standard

Australian insurers to spend up big on IT
Source: Peter Dinham, iTWire

Payment industry eyes data as currency
Source: Liz Tay, iTnews

Banks find 40,000 small businesses at risk of fraud
Source: Darren Pauli, iTnews

Mercenary IT staff go mobile in skills crisis
Source: Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet Australia

Euro gloom to hurt IT jobs
Source: Jennifer Foreshew, The Australian

G20 committee warns against over-reliance on big four banks
Source: Scott Murdoch, The Australian

CBA’s $3 million man
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Commonwealth Bank dominates online commerce awards
Source: Technology Spectator

Aussies only get Google Wallet via import
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

Internal cultural shift critical to cloud success: ANZ Wealth and Westpac
Source: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

APRA readies data management guide
Source: Liz Tay, iTNews

Commbank goes after Google grads
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

Suncorp, ANZ ready virtual desktop rollouts
Source: Liz Tay, iTnews

Internal cultural shift critical to cloud success: ANZ Wealth and Westpac
Byline: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Tighter risk control needed for banks, says rogue trader
Byline: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Speculation rife on NAB-NBNK joint venture over Lloyds
Source: John Durie, The Australian

Citigroup A/NZ appoints new head of operations and tech
Source: Chloe Herrick, CIO Australia

Study: Banks cant measure real-time risk
Source: Chris Kentouris, Bank Investment Consultant

Banking industry goes on the attack
Source: Phil Jacob, Herald Sun

ANZ annouces practice sales facility; targets growth
Source: Chris Kennedy, Money Management

BT reserved on Count bid
Source: Kate Kachor, Investor Daily

Top 35 banks on Facebook
Source: The Financial Brand

Will NFC technology drive mobile payments initiatives?
Source: Justin Bomberowitz, BostInnovation

Achieving multi-channel delivery systems ranked number one in NZ
Byline: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

CBA boosts its super offerings with Count Financial buy
Source: Scott Murdoch, The Australian

Banks face rising online competition
Source: Chris Zappone, Sydney Morning Herald

Cloud risks outweigh benefits: ISACA
Source: Beverley Head, iTWire

MAMBO out of step
Source: Charis Palmer, Technology Spectator

Rabos Greg McAweeney takes the direct approach
Source: Peter Taylor, Herald Sun

CUA appoints new CIO from KPMG
Source: Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet Australia

Metlife only a phone call away
Source: Rachel Davis, Financial Standard

Westpac proves Azure cloudbursting
Source: Stephen Withers, iTWire

AUSTRAC spends $2.5m on Exadata upgrade
Source: Ry Crozier, iTnews

New BoQ chief executive Stuart Grimshaw says expansion has worked
Source: Andrew Fraser, The Australian

Bank of Queensland Finance rebuilds IT systems
Source: Liz Tay, iTnews

ANZ to complete NZ consolidation next year
Source: Liz Tay, iTnews

MLC announces insurance upgrades
Source: Chris Kennedy, Money Management

Suncorp chief saves praise for IT
Source: Ry Crozier, iTnews

After NAB, Barclays, Craig Bright heads to US with Citigroup
Source: Fran Foo, The Australian

Bankings switching flick
Source: Charis Palmer, Technology Spectator

European bank job bloodbath hits 67,000
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Technical glitch hits NAB, Westpac customers
Source: The Daily Telegraph

Commonwealth Bank promises mobile buzz
Source: Beverley Head, iT Wire

CommBank to kill legacy core next year
Source: Luke Hopewell

Commbank spends $93m to integrate Bankwest IT
Source: Liz Tay, iT news

Talent war heats up
Source: Mark Phillips, CIO Australia

IT industry braces for more market turmoil
Source: Brett Winterford, iT news

Financial markets to spend $18 billion on IT in Asia-Pacific by 2015
Source: Georgina Swan, CIO Australia

2016: All in the Cloud?
Source: Mark Phillips, CIO Australia

Treasurer called to step in on EFTPOS fees
Source: Michael Lee, ZDNet Australia

Fanning flames on the financial social media fire
Source: The Financial Brand

IIIS: Cloud brings stability to Suncorp IT
Source: Hamish Barwick, Computerworld

CIO shake-up at BT Financial and IAG
Byline: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Manila calling for your ANZ debts
Source: Michael Janda, ABC Online

Social media lends banks a helping hand
Source: Business Review

4 mobile trends every bank should understand
Source: Dan Wiegand, Bank Systems & Technology

NAB picks up spoils of lost Axa bid
Source: Bianca Hartge-Hazelman, The Australian Financial Review

Customers dont buy banks branding: survey
Source: Rachel Donkin, The West Australian

Narev succession points to a shift in CBA strategy
Source: Eric Johnston and Peter Ker, The Sydney Morning Herald

Bank of Melbourne aiming to walk with giants
Source: Stephen McMahon, Herald Sun

Westpac payments glitch resolved
Source: Glenda Kwek, The Sydney Morning Herald

ANZ Bank standardises software development
Source: Liz Tay, iT news

ANZ IT puts singular focus for catching up
Source: Fran Foo, The Australian

CBAs dated IT systems forced its hand, says ANZ
Source: Renai LeMay, Delimiter

ANZ bans iPad use for board members
Source: Australian Financial Review

Westpac banks on consolidation: the bank chose BMC tools to aid its transformation
Source: Jennifer Foreshew, The Australian

Westpac plans to hit rivals hard
Source: Eric Johnston, The Sydney Morning Herald

Westpac presses $70 million review button
Source: Paul McIntyre, Adnews

NAB asks want an ATM in your loungeroom?
Source: Finextra

Our peers had outperformed us: NAB
Byline: Melanie Timbrell, FST Media

Commonwealth Bank rolls out new mobile, tablet apps
Source: Ross Catanzariti, PC World

EFTPOS pans NFC trials, outs own plans
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia

BNZ rakes in $1 million in mobile banking transactions in 4 days, thanks to Twitter
Source: John Adams, Bank Technology News

Banks need to lift security stakes: NAB
Source: Michael Lee, ZDNet

ASB still has an edge when it comes to banking satisfaction
Source: Scoop Business

BNZ hopes to reap rewards of business hubs
Source: Roeland van Den Bergh, Stuff.co.nz

Students get financially savY with BNZ
Source: Scoop

Bank branches to disappear within years as customers migrate online, expert says
Source: Sonja Koremans, news.com.au

Tower buys reinsurance cover
Source: Stuff.co.nz

Days of the chequebook numbered
Source: Stuff.co.nz

Safer and more secure online trading with DBS
Source: Singapore Business News

Citi innovates in Asia
Source: Warc

Rough road ahead for foreign banks setting up units here
Source: India Business News

RHB still seeks for merger partner
Source: Tony Chua, Asian Banking & Finance

Asia group launches Cloud Index, ‘Cloud Map’
Source: Veronica C. Silva, CIO India

Chinese firm touts first ‘virtual property’ insurance
Source: Kevin Kwang, ZDNet Asia

BancNet adopts IT solution for safer, more efficient banking
Source: Eden Estopace, The Philippine Star

DBS India’s CEO elaborates on bank’s growth strategy
Source: Lois Calderon, Channel News Asia

India needs 2-3 banks in top 50 globally
Source: Mayur Shetty, The Times of India

Banks should adopt social media, cloud computing: Report
Source: Business Standard

CBA to share secrets of its crown jewels
Source: Liam Tung, iT News

St George banks on mobile app
Source: Fran Foo, The Australian

ANZ CIO mulls 2012 challenges, competitors
Source: Brett Winterford, iTnews

CBAs NetBank for iPad gets release date
Source: Luke Hopewell, ZDNet

CBA seeks fortunes abroad as lending at home declines
Source: Eric Johnston, The Sydney Morning Herald

New rules costing banks $500m a year
Source: Andrew Fraser, The Australian

Suncorp pays big price for claims
Source: Eric Johnston, The Sydney Morning Herald

UBS buys INGs Australian investment arm
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

NAB launches new mobile site
Source: Richard Kilner, Banking Times

QBE Australia hunts for new CIO
Source: Hamish Barwick, CIO Australia

Westpac, ANZ send up to 250 jobs offshore
Source: Jane Lee, news.com.au

Commonwealth Bank talks up contactless payments
Source: Technology Spectator

BT chief executive Brad Cooper pins hopes on Super For Life product
Source: Glenda Korporaal, The Australian