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Will banks in Australia support their quarter-century-old Eftpos network with more than rhetoric? And invest once more in this most popular of payments services? Maybe and maybe. read more

A shift is under way in the planning for the continuing merger of St George Bank with Westpac, with the IT pathway toward developing  a new core banking system  up for review - especially.. read more

Westpac, like many banks, finds it tough to escape the restrictive muscles of a model that, let's face it, regards computing power as costly and messages as requiring truncation. Above all, processe.. read more

David Turner, the new chair of the board of Commonwealth Bank, makes a few points on banking policy in the introduction to the bank's annual report for 2010, published on Friday. read more

The commentary from the chief executive of CBA, Ralph Norris, in the bank's 2010 annual report is decidedly upbeat. read more

Impaired assets stayed stable over the June 2010 quarter. The percentage of impaired assets to total assets was 1.23 per cent, one basis point lower than in the March 2010 quarter. read more

The operator of the Campbelltown franchise of Bank of Queensland yesterday failed in its bid for compensation from the bank over the failure of the business in 2006. read more

More than a dozen additional class actions may soon be filed against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in connection with loans to investors in managed investment schemes of the failed Great Southern timber.. read more

American Express is having a very rewarding experience in the Australian cards market. read more

Scheme debit is all out of puff in Australia at present, a briefly dynamic mover in the payments space that's had all its momentum cut away. read more