National Australia Bank expands AWS collaboration with “multimillion dollar” cloud deal
The bank says the deal will enable it to “accelerate the migration of key critical workloads to AWS”.
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Former Absa exec joins NAB as new chief security officer
Sandro Bucchianeri announced his departure from Absa at the start of the month.
NAB lands approval for 86 400 acquisition despite competition concerns
86 400 bagged its own banking licence back in 2019.
86 400 becomes second challenger to exit Australia with $169m NAB merger
Upon its acquisition, NAB says 86 400 has some 85,000 customers.
NAB signs SME payments deal with Eedenbull
Eedenbull is providing a handful of systems to the major Aussie bank.
NAB poaches outgoing RBS exec Matheson as new COO
Les Matheson returns to Australia after an early career in the country.
National Australia Bank pens merchant acquiring deal with Pollinate
The deal also sees NAB invest in the London-based fintech.
NAB publishes deep dive into UX platform NAB-X
The bank wants to use the self-built platform to roll out new features more quickly.
NAB signs multi-year cloud deal with Microsoft
Major Aussie bank to boost its cloud architecture with Microsoft.
Australia’s big four welcomes start of open banking
ANZ, NAB, Westpac and Commonwealth Bank have all gone live with APIs.
Aussie neobanks challenge country’s big four banks
ANZ, Westpac, NAB and Commonwealth Bank have lost a collective half a billion dollars.
Where has trust gone – can banks even recover their standing in the community?
Traditional banks might find themselves facing a future where the front doors are locked for them!
NAB executive resigns amid extensive cloud migration
Yuri Misnik spearheaded NAB’s switch to Amazon Web Services.
NAB launches cybersecurity alliance in Victorian parliament
The bank has partnered with La Trobe University to provide cybersecurity workforce development.
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Can cultures really change? Can trust ever be reestablished?
“Don’t run when you lose, don’t whine when it hurts. It’s like first grade. No one likes a cry baby.”
Banking brickbats take out NAB’s CEO and chairman
Repercussions from Australian Royal Commission’s criticisms take effect.
Oz banking royal commission not a mellow brick road
We reach day 62 and it’s been downbeat for the big four banks Down Under.
Digital receipts fintech Slyp-s into the market
Easy to use, easy to set up.
Paytech Poynt scores NAB points with $100m funding
Series C raise includes Elavon and National Australia Bank.
NAB to migrate 35% of IT portfolio to cloud
As well as shutting down 15-20% of its IT applications.
Australia’s big banks slammed for greed and dishonesty
Royal Commission roasts them in its interim report.
NAB adds another $50m to VC fintech fund
NAB Ventures up for more start-up adventures.
Big bank’s mobile app Beem IT goes live in Oz
Australian app created by CBA, NAB and Westpac.
CBA charged the dead
Death is no excuse when it comes to banking fees.
NAB is a Good Shepherd for Microfinance
Speckle is launched in Australia – a new service offering small loans under $2,000.
NAB asks Alexa for hands-free banking
Users can now perform tasks such as requesting their account balance or getting details on their latest deposits.
NAB doubles investment in innovation hub
Will also increase hub’s workforce by 70% in 2018.
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NAB plans 6,000 job losses in digital banking revamp
National Australia Bank (NAB) will make 6,000 job cuts over the next three years with its digital banking revamp and long-term strategy to maintain profit. Andrew Thorburn, NAB’s CEO, says: “I think all big businesses – particularly incumbent businesses – the reshaping of the workforce is going to be significant. And I think it’s important […]
Three of Australia’s largest banks partner to create payment platform Beem
Three of Australia’s largest banks, The Commonwealth Bank (CBA), National Australia Bank (NAB) and Westpac have partnered to create Beem – a new mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform.
Sibos 2017: NPP a marathon, not a sprint
Payments industry participants in countries about to embark on, or in the early days of, real-time and instant payments infrastructure projects should acknowledge that “it doesn’t all have to happen on day one”.
NAB gets down and under to overhaul SME business loans
National Australia Bank (NAB) has unveiled a complete overhaul of its existing business standard loan form contracts that will “benefit” over 130,000 Australian business owners.
Four Australian banks sign up for Swift’s global payments innovation
Four Australian banks, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank (NAB) and Westpac are now live or planning to implement Swift’s global payments innovation (gpi) initiative. According to Swift, these Australian banks represent over 80% of cross-border payments flow for Australia. The banks all say the same stuff – so […]
Australia’s UBank unveils virtual assistant for home loans
UBank, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank (NAB), has launched RoboChat, Australia’s “first virtual assistant” for online home loan applications. RoboChat will guide customers through the online mortgage form by providing real-time input on questions like “what term do you offer on home loans?” and “do you offer redraws and how do they work?”. Lee […]
Apple Pay defeats Australian banks in payments punch-up
Apple Pay has emerged victorious in its long-running feud with four domestic banks over their permission to collectively bargain with Apple and boycott Apple Pay. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a determination denying authorisation to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Westpac, National Australia Bank (NAB), and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank […]
Morgan Stanley and National Australia Bank to leave R3?
Morgan Stanley and National Australia Bank (NAB) are understood not to be renewing their membership with the R3 blockchain consortium.
Bolero powers Bank of China’s first-ever electronic credit
Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) has used Bolero’s ePresentation solution for its first-ever electronic back-to-back documentary credit, reducing the time required to help a large iron ore shipment from Australia to China. The transaction was arranged jointly with NAB (National Australia Bank) and China Guangfa Bank.
NAB completes successful international money transfer using blockchain
National Australia Bank (NAB) says it has successfully transferred AU$10 ($7.6) – using Ripple’s blockchain tech – from Australia to Canada. It took ten seconds to process.
End is nigh for NAB core banking revamp
National Australia Bank (NAB) appears to be entering the final stages of its seven-year Oracle-based “NextGen” core banking overhaul. The bank originally planned to build an in-house mortgage origination platform, beginning with its digital banking subsidiary UBank. But that was scrapped – with the loss of AU$106 million ($81 million) – and Oracle FSS was […]
