Westpac stories - Page 2

Apple has launched Tap to Pay in Australia, empowering local businesses of any size to accept in-person contactless payments on iPhone.

PALO IT has appointed Xavier Rizos as its new Global Chief Strategy & Impact Officer to leverage tech as a force for good.

Mobiquity hires four senior executives to its APAC team to support the delivery of digital services to its growing clients in the financial sector.

Dr John Harrison appointed as Head of Open Banking for Australia and New Zealand at Envestnet Yodlee to lead open banking strategy in the region.

The partnership includes increased investment in Microsoft’s cloud computing service, Azure, which will help to modernise Westpac.

Locally based contact centres are good for the country and better for business, writes MaxContact director of operations for Australia Daniel Harding.

Melbourne-based FrankieOne will build Westpac's identity infrastructure for its new BaaS platform, set to launch in mid-2021.

Adobe announced its global winners this week, with three of the total 14 gongs worldwide being awarded to companies in Australia and New Zealand.

The news comes following similar moves by the Accident Compensation Corporation, Kiwibank and New Zealand Post.

A report found small businesses are paying a hefty price to scammers; on average losing $38,845 and recovering much less than half.

Auckland-based AI software company Aider will make New York its home over the next six months, after winning a spot in the Mastercard Start Path programme.

Auckland-based AI firm Aider is partnering with Westpac NZ to offer conversational digital assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises.

This unease is warranted given the growing sophistication of scammers and their activities, and numbers of attempted fraud.

Westpac senior manager discusses digital transformation, machine learning, Big Data, data privacy, and the challenges of embracing digitalisation.

A common gripe among start-ups and small businesses is the issue of payment, and this new solution from Westpac hopes to resolve that.

A Westpac NZ survey finds that younger, female, and Māori business leaders are the most optimistic about the future, despite broader economic challenges.

Westpac, ANZ, and ASB have announced the scrapping of outdated ATM fees, responding to customer feedback and absorbing transaction costs.

New Zealand sees a 10% rise in IT salaries to NZD $90,000, while the gender pay gap narrows to 4.5%, down from 7.2% in 2015.

Auckland's Paymark, which processes a significant share of NZ's debit and credit card transactions, sold to France's Ingenico Group for NZD $190 million.

They knew that Australian consumers were unhappy with credit cards and other debt facilities - especially millennials.