CBA and EY pilot blockchain-backed, shared smart asset platform
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Ernst & Young (EY) have developed a blockchain-based platform to enable high-value assets to be more easily shared between businesses.
View ArticleCBA and Data61 pilot blockchain-based ‘smart money’ app for NDIS payments
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has partnered with CSIRO’s Data61 group to pilot a blackchain-based programmable money app.
View ArticleNAB, Westpac and CBA’s instant payments app Beem It appoints CEO
Beem It – the venture behind an app which allows people to make instant, peer-to-peer payments without the need for a BSB number or account details – has appointed its first chief executive officer.
View ArticleSydney train travellers can now tap card across network
Sydney commuters from today are able to tap their credit or debit card, or smart wallet device instead of their Opal card to travel on metro trains.
View ArticleFormer Tesco Bank CEO: Retailers, not fintechs, future of banking
Benny Higgins, former chief executive of Tesco Bank, the finance arm of one of the world’s largest retailers, is dismayed by the response of Australian bank executives to the Banking Royal Commission.
View ArticleCBA capitulates, will support Apple Pay next year
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will offer customers Apple Pay in January, it announced today.
View ArticleCBA to make Albert accessibility upgrades after lengthy battle
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to make software upgrades to its Albert EFTPOS devices, following a lengthy legal challenge and campaign from vision-impaired Australians.
View ArticleCommonwealth Bank to trial 5G edge computing tech
Commonwealth Bank of Australia will “trial and explore” 5G edge computing technologies over the coming months, in collaboration with Telstra and Ericsson.
View ArticleCBA ‘progressing’ with Albert accessibility upgrades, training
Commonwealth Bank of Australia says it has begun rolling out accessibility upgrades to its Albert point-of-sale device, following a lengthy legal battle that settled in December.
View ArticleCBA sees 400% increase in mobile payments since introducing Apple Pay
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has seen a 400 per cent increase in the number of payments made with a mobile since it introduced Apple Pay in January, the bank revealed today.
View ArticleWorld Bank and CBA enable secondary market bond trading on the blockchain
The World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has enabled secondary market trading of bonds created and managed using only blockchain, in partnership with Commonwealth Bank of...
View ArticleImprove privacy practices or else, OAIC warns CBA
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will be required to review its privacy and data retention policies under threat of court action from the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy...
View ArticleCBA taps Google search data to forecast household spending
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is using Google search activity to help it forecast household spending trends.
View ArticleCBA makes ‘big shift to smarter banking’ with fourth gen banking app
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has officially launched its fourth generation banking app, which it says offers customers greater personalisation and a simplified experience.
View ArticleCBA app wants your location, biometrics in name of security
Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s new app has a feature that will track your location so the bank can better figure out if a transaction is dodgy.
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