CBA announces refreshed CommBank app 5.0 Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced a series of ground-breaking innovations aimed at enriching the customer experience and catering to the increasing demand for digital banking services. The highlight of the announcement is the upcoming release of CommBank app 5.0, a highly anticipated update that…
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Increase in technology budget for banking
Increasing investments into data transformation suites shows the new value of banking data According to a recent IDC survey, Role of Technology in the Banking Industry, 83.2 per cent of banks in Asia/Pacific will increase their technology budgets in 2023, with 14.8 per cent signalling they will increase their budgets…
Read MoreAlternative payments are becoming popular in Hong Kong
E-commerce sales in Hong Kong have been growing at a robust pace Alternative payment solutions are the preferred payment method for e-commerce purchases in Hong Kong (China SAR), collectively accounting for a 43.3 per cent share in 2022, finds GlobalData’s 2022 Financial Services Consumer Survey. GlobalData’s E-Commerce Analytics reveal that…
Read MoreLaos-China railway company enables digital ticketing
Allows easy purchase of Laos-China Railway train tickets on mobile phone Laos-China Railway Company Limited (LCR) have launched an App on Google Play, iOS, and Huawei to allow passengers to purchase LCR train tickets on their mobile phones using UnionPay cards, making purchase of LCR tickets easy, fast, convenient, and…
Read MoreCBA and AAPM partner up
Focusing on driving best practice among health care managers Commonwealth Bank and the Australian Association of Practice Management (AAPM), the peak body for healthcare Practice Management, have signed an agreement, focusing on driving best practice using the power of digital solutions. CommBank Health Chief Executive Officer Albert Naffah said CommBank…
Read MoreCathay United Bank launces new app
The number of users of the Bakong payment system has grown to 7.9 million since 2020 Cathay United Bank (Cambodia) Corporation Limited hereinafter referred to as “CUBC”, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s largest financial group Cathay Financial Holdings launched the new CUBC mobile banking application (mBanking App) integrated with the National Bank of Cambodia’s Bakong…
Read MoreMAS establishes financial sector cloud resilience forum
This Forum will serve as a useful platform for financial regulators in Asia Pacific The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday hosted the inaugural Financial Sector Cloud Resilience Forum (Forum) for Asia Pacific financial regulators and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) to exchange views on appropriate public cloud risk management practices…
Read More‘Non-stop’ approach to Africa’s banking digitisation
‘Non-stop’ calls for collaboration between the ICT and banking industries If banks want to remain competitive in the face of neo-bank and fintech upstarts, they’ll have to fundamentally change the way they do business to be digital first. And if they’re going to achieve that goal, then working with technology…
Read MoreANZ and Grollo Carbon Ventures partner
To trade tokenised Australian Carbon Credit Units This marks the completion of the Bank’s first use-case as part of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot run by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC). For this use-case, ANZ and GCV sought to test…
Read MoreCBA significantly expands technology graduate intake
A key part of CBA’s investment in developing skills and expertise for Australia’s digital economy Commonwealth Bank is significantly expanding its technology graduate intake and hiring 219 new technology graduates in 2023 – a 284 per cent increase compared to its 2020 intake. CBA’s technology graduate program is designed to…
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