Westpac stories - Page 3

Amazon's Bedrock AI service extends its reach to Sydney, offering Australian users advanced options for data handling and storage.

FinTech Australia, backed by Investment NSW, partners with major banks ANZ, Westpac and tech firm 1835i for a reverse pitch event on 21 February 2024, inviting fintechs to solve local banking issues.

In a bid to bridge Australia's tech worker shortage, 160 students will participate in Grok Academy's summer computer science camp in Sydney and Melbourne.

AI decisioning platform, Rich Data Co, successfully raises $28 million in Series B funding, led by Westpac and nCino.

Sydney-based martech firm Atomic.io secures No. 2 spot for Innovation in Web/Mobile Platforms in the inaugural TMW 100 list.

More Aussies use mobile banking with Westpac's app hailed as top-notch in Forrester's review, a first time feat.

Former CISO for Westpac and Acting Assistant Director of Cybersecurity at NCSC, Dan Richardson joins CyberCX in NZ as Exec Director for Strategy and Risk.

Apple has launched Tap to Pay in Australia, empowering local businesses of any size to accept in-person contactless payments on iPhone.

PALO IT has appointed Xavier Rizos as its new Global Chief Strategy & Impact Officer to leverage tech as a force for good.

Mobiquity hires four senior executives to its APAC team to support the delivery of digital services to its growing clients in the financial sector.

Dr John Harrison appointed as Head of Open Banking for Australia and New Zealand at Envestnet Yodlee to lead open banking strategy in the region.

The partnership includes increased investment in Microsoft’s cloud computing service, Azure, which will help to modernise Westpac.

Locally based contact centres are good for the country and better for business, writes MaxContact director of operations for Australia Daniel Harding.

Melbourne-based FrankieOne will build Westpac's identity infrastructure for its new BaaS platform, set to launch in mid-2021.

Adobe announced its global winners this week, with three of the total 14 gongs worldwide being awarded to companies in Australia and New Zealand.

The news comes following similar moves by the Accident Compensation Corporation, Kiwibank and New Zealand Post.

A report found small businesses are paying a hefty price to scammers; on average losing $38,845 and recovering much less than half.

Auckland-based AI software company Aider will make New York its home over the next six months, after winning a spot in the Mastercard Start Path programme.

Auckland-based AI firm Aider is partnering with Westpac NZ to offer conversational digital assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises.

This unease is warranted given the growing sophistication of scammers and their activities, and numbers of attempted fraud.