Reporting to ANZ group executive, technology, Gerard Florian. ANZ has announced the appointment of Paul White as Divisional Chief Information Officer for the Australia business. Reporting to ANZ Group Executive, Technology, Gerard Florian, White will be responsible for setting and implementing the overarching technology vision and strategy for ANZ’s Australia…
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ANZ Banking cuts IT staff in its Chengdu branch
Relocating technology functions to India, Manilla and Melbourne. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has decided to cut its staff numbers in its Chengdu China branch by 50 per cent, with the majority of those facing redundancy from the technology and back-end operations roles. According to media reports by…
Read MoreOptus suffers mobile network outage in Australian states
Mobile call, text and data services affect telco provider’s business and residential customers. Singtel’s Australian telecommunication service provider, Optus has suffered a mobile outage on the 18th of February, with customers experiencing intermittent disruptions to their mobile call, text and data services. According to the telecommunication provider its technical teams…
Read MorePropelling digital transformation forward in APAC with open source
Financial institutions have found open source technology to have been a critical helping hand in digital transformation. Across Asia Pacific, many companies have seen their digitalisation timelines compressed this year, with COVID-19 forcing businesses to become leaner, agile, and efficient order to survive. Here are some of the ways these…
Read MoreAustralia’s largest banks expand Lygon platform
Big banks believe blockchain platform, Lygon is a success. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, IBM and Scentre Group have expanded its blockchain platform, Lygon. The platform is said to reduce the time in issuing a bank guarantee from one month to one day. Lygon completed a successful pilot last…
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