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ANZ goMoney app hits $100 billion in transactions

Australia's ANZ says that its goMoney mobile-to-mobile payments app has passed A$100 billion in transactions since launching in late 2010.

03 September 2014

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Australia's eftpos takes on PayPal with online payments system

Australian point-of-sale payments provider eftpos is moving online, testing a new system for web-purchases at supermarket chain Coles.

02 September 2014

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Banks and retailers sign on for new Australian Payments Council

Australian banks, retailers and payments specialists have signed on to a new co-ordination body that aims to step up the pace of innovation in the country's payments industry.

26 August 2014

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ANZ celebrates Mardi Gras with GAYTMs

Oz bank ANZ has commissioned artists to make its cash machines more fabulous, turning them into 'GAYTMs' for the Sydney Mardi Gras festival.

24 February 2014

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ANZ experiments with voice biometrics as tech investment programme gains ground

ANZ is experimenting with the use of voice biometrics for securing customer interactions at the call centre and for authorisation of larger-value cash transactions via mobile phones.

28 November 2013

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Oz banks gear up for real-time payments system

Australia's banks have brought in KPMG to manage a programme to build an industry-wide real-time payments platform by 2016.

05 July 2013

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ANZ claims one million goMoney app users

ANZ says that more than a million Aussies are now using its goMoney mobile-to-mobile payments app, transferring around A$2.5 billion a month.

05 April 2013

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Vodafone and Visa prep Oz contactless mobile payments

Wireless operator Vodafone and card giant Visa have unveiled the SmartPass contactless mobile payments system that they will launch in Australia next year.

20 November 2012

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ANZ to invest $1.5 billion in channel overhaul

ANZ has unveiled plans for a $1.5 billion tech investment programme to overhaul its branch-based and digital distribution channels, including the roll-out of in-branch videoconferencing and new mobile banking and payments services.

04 October 2012

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ANZ introduces mobile cash management

ANZ is preparing to launch an iOS app that will enable corporate customers to manage their Australian and New Zealand cash management activities on the go.

28 August 2012

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RBA launches probe into Oz banking outages

Australia's central bank is preparing a crackdown on operational disruptions at the country's leading banks following a series of major outages in retail payment systems and Internet banking sites. The RBA's intervention comes as Westpac warned customers that it was experiencing intermittent problems with its Web site.

21 February 2012

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ANZ contactless m-payments trial disappoints

Following a pilot, Australia's ANZ has decided not to push ahead with a microSD-based iPhone case that turns the mobile handset into a contactless payments device.

28 June 2011

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