Latest St George Bank News: Finextra Research

Australian banks suffer ATM problems after cloud service outage

Millions of Australian banking customers were unable to access ATM and Eftpos services on Sunday after severe storms on the east coast caused widespread damage, including a major outage at a cloud computing service used by several banks.

06 June 2016

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St George starts testing iBeacons in branches

Australia's St George Bank has begun trialling iBeacon technology in branches, pinging information to customers' iPhones when they enter the building.

15 May 2014

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St George Bank builds smartwatch app

Australia's St George Bank has built a smartwatch app prototype as it prepares for a world where customers check their account balance and make payments from their wrists.

01 October 2013

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Clear2Pay inks St George Bank deal

Australia's St George Bank is replacing its legacy central payment execution system with technology developed by European software vendor Clear2Pay.

02 April 2008

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SMS banking passwords fail to stop hackers - research

The use of SMS authentication to access Web banking services fails to protect people from hackers and fraud, according to research conducted by The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia which found that human error remains one of the biggest risk factors.

09 November 2007

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St George to launch text alerts; switches to E*Trade online dealing system

Australia's St George Bank is introducing an e-mail and SMS text alert service that will warn customers that their accounts are about to become overdrawn.

25 July 2006

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Bartercard inks Australian Eftpos deal

Bartercard has linked its business-to-business barter platform to the national electronic funds transfer at point of sale (Eftpos) network in Australia.

19 January 2006

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St George teams with Unisys to launch cheque clearing utility

Australia's St George Bank is teaming up with Unisys to provide alternative cheque clearing services to the country's banking sector.

12 August 2005

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Australian banks fall prey to cash card skimmers

Australian banks have suffered their first reported incidence of wide-spread cash card fraud, as an organised crime ring attached skimming devices to four St George Bank ATMs and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from victim's accounts.

12 November 2002

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St.George Bank rolls out smart card reward scheme

St.George Bank and Worldsmart Technology are inviting Autralian retailers to participate in a combined chip-based payment and loyalty scheme.

26 February 2002

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