Tag: NAB

Banks push to end Apple’s free ride on payments system

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s biggest banks want Apple and other global platforms to help foot the bill for maintaining core payments infrastructure, saying the current system gives big tech a free ride...

NAB hit with record fine for consumer data right breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
National Australia Bank has been slapped with the country’s largest ever fine under the consumer data sharing regime for failing to disclose credit limit information on four occasions. The...

Business urges govt to ditch phased digital ID rollout

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Businesses have urged the federal government to open its digital identity system to the private sector at the same time as state governments, arguing that not doing so will...

Banks leave Canberra behind on digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two of Australia’s biggest banks are forging ahead with a digital identity service in the absence of legislation for an economy-wide expansion of the federal government’s national digital identity...

Debanking risks ‘undermining’ local tech sector

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The increasingly common practice of large financial providers “debanking” Australian tech firms is a “significant threat to competition” and risks “undermining” the growth of the local sector, a Parliamentary...

Three tech giants shortlisted for visa platform job

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Three US tech giants have been shortlisted by the government to have another go at developing its new “permissions capability” platform to handle visa processing, after a botched first...

AI ethics guide is a PR exercise

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s unveiling of artificial intelligence ethical guidelines for Australian business is a PR exercise that won’t change the actions of companies, according to former Digital Transformation Office...

Karen Andrews on NAB’s tech support

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Industry minister Karen Andrews has called on for more lenders to build programs that give greater support to Australian technology companies, after the NAB unveiled a plan to invest...