CBA’s x15ventures takes on spinout to target scams – Finance – Software
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s innovation arm, x15ventures, is gearing up to incubate a spinout to address the rise in scam and fraud activity in…
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Australian authorities tire of excuses, delays on data breach disclosure – Security
Australian authorities had to formally invoke powers to get a client list from a breached IT services provider, as problems persist in getting organisations to…
Tyro kicks off proceedings against Kounta – Finance – Strategy
Tyro Payments has launched proceedings against Kounta for allegedly offering a competing product to Tyro merchants, in breach of an arrangement between the two. The…
Westpac’s complex IT scrutinised in new court case – Finance – Software
Westpac is facing a fresh civil suit over IT system and process failures that caused customer hardship notices lodged online to not be passed through…
IBM Australia’s whole-of-gov deal soars above initial $725m value – Cloud – Hardware – Software
IBM Australia’s renewed whole-of-government agreement is already worth $900 million, exceeding its initial value within just nine months. An analysis of the 26 contracts struck…
Teardown of Huawei’s new phone shows China’s chip breakthrough – Hardware
Huawei Technologies and China’s top chipmaker SMIC have built an advanced 7-nanometer processor to power its latest smartphone, according to a teardown report by analysis…
Swift taps into blockchain’s potential – Finance – Software
Financial messaging system provider Swift said its latest series of experiments have shown its infrastructure can assist with the transfer of value across multiple public…
Complii Fintech Solutions acquires MIntegrity – Strategy
Digital compliance company Complii has acquired specialist regulatory risk consulting firm MIntegrity, to boost its ambitions of developing an all-inclusive regulatory offering. The Sydney-based fintech provides…
NSW gov digital secretary leaving in November – Strategy – Training & Development
The NSW government’s secretary of digital and of the Department of Customer Service Emma Hogan has announced she is to leave her role, with the…
Australian universities’ hits and misses detecting ChatGPT in assignments – Software
Australian students accused of cheating in assignments say the technology universities are using to detect AI-generated content is turning out false positives. Two vendors pitching…
Microsoft had three staff at Australian data centre campus when Azure went out – Cloud – Storage
Microsoft had “insufficient” staff levels at its data centre campus last week when a power sag knocked its chiller plant for two data halls offline,…
NAB restructure hits technology and operations – Finance – Training & Development
NAB has restructured multiple divisions within the bank leading, with over 200 roles impacted by the changes, including positions across its technology and operations function.…