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AMBER grows up
In her second year, AMBER has set her sights on new horizons BY CHARIS PALMER The 2010 AMBER Awards have been expanded to encompass a greater range of categories, reflecting the growing interest from consumers, business and government. “In her second year, AMBER is growing,” says cofou...
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Banking goes postal
Sure, Australia Post has more than 3,300 outlets, but that alone is not enough to attract and retain banking customers BY CHARIS PALMER Australia Post should focus on niche banking segments and direct channels if it is to offer a real banking alternative, say leading financial services consu...
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Max your mobile
The mobile is mightier than the Internet, according to PayPal's director. At least on a personal level......
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AMBER grows up
In her second year, AMBER has set her sights on new horizons BY CHARIS PALMER The 2010 AMBER Award...
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Bridging all borders
In three years time, transacting internationally will be a new frontier for 250 million people, according...
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The gift of prepaid
Prepaid cards in Australia remain a relatively niche product, but there are growth opportunities for busi...
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Cyberstorm warning
The upcoming Cyberstorm exercise will test the responsiveness of banks and CERT Australia to electronic a...
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Thanks heaps!
Kiwibank is winning loads of customers, thanks to its personal financial management tool, heaps! ...
Guest columnists
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iPad or iFad?
Apple iPad sales may be astronomical; however, the gadget's computing ability and security limitations b...
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Crossing the channel
If banks want to make the mobile channel commonplace, it must simply be more convenient, easier and safer...
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The video virus
When web users find a catchy video they like, they share it, spreading video content like wildfire BY...
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Crisis? Whats crisis?
Is the field of open digital identities an 'ecosystem' or merely a system in crisis? BY STEPHEN WILSO...
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ASIC's activity report
The powers of the nation's most extensive financial regulator have just expanded, as has its clout... ...
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Get off my cloud
It seems that while some CIOs might be intrigued by the concept of public cloud computing, most are not ...
Retail Banking Review
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Yammer on
Real-time staff collaboration and being able to find an expert in-house is now a lot easier as large orga...
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Exit stage left
As ASIC consults with the industry on how it should enforce tougher rules targeting mortgage exit fees un...
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Count on Abacus?
Abacus' new ad campaign that champions mutual institutions over banks is reliable, says CEO Louise Petsch...
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Wither the branch
The number of branches operated by Australian banks is slowly rising, but they have less and less to do ...
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Banking goes postal
Sure, Australia Post has more than 3,300 outlets, but that alone is not enough to attract and retain ban...
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In pursuit of profit
If banks don't chase small business for loans it will leave a big dent in their profits BY CHARIS PAL...
The Better Banking Blog - recent posts
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What if the Independent’s start calling the shots on banking?
One of the more interesting side effects of the global financial crisis is the development of a number of new banks around the world. The phenomenon hasn’t quite stretched to ...
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ANZ embraces mobile payments
ANZ has released an iPhone application that allows customers to send money to anyone with an Australian bank account using only their mobile phone number as an identifier. ...
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Fiserv launches ZashPay, paving the way for an Australian deployment
US online banking vendor Fiserv has officially launched its person-to-person mobile payments service known as ZashPay to American consumers, paving the way for an Australian ban...
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Ex UBank staffers defect to Australia Post
Former UBank general manager Gerd Schenkel has joined the growing list of bankers being tapped by Australia Post chief Ahmed Fahour as he explores new revenue opportunities for ...
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PayPal head of mobile on the future of money
PayPal has been doing its bit this week to raise awareness of the growing online retail opportunity in Australia. It seems overseas competitors are currently taking around 40 pe...
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Did ANZ open a new branch and forget to staff it?
Australian banks are running out of excuses for not serving customers via Twitter, following the establishment of verified Twitter accounts for the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac...
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Another senior departure at UBank
NAB direct banking arm UBank has shed another key staff member with the sudden departure of head of online Monty Hamilton. After 13 years with NAB, including 3 with UBank (since...
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Is hardware the future of mobile payments?
One of the less talked about features missing from the controversial iPhone 4, which was allegedly stolen from a bar and sold to a journalist in April, is the contactless capabi...
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Partnering with start-ups can pay for banks
“If banks were doing their job correctly there wouldn’t be a PayPal or a Mint” says Richard Aberman. In reality if banks made business accounts simpler there may not be...
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Gray restructures NAB personal banking division
National Australia Bank’s experiment with its direct banking businesses UBank, and its broker and adviser support business NAB Partnerships, is under question after the remova...

