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Australian bank and financial services provider Westpac is building a new transactional platform for institutional clients, eyeing UK-based technology company 10x Banking to provide the core technology.

Big four bank Westpac has announced it will be opening a new technology engineering hub on the Gold Coast which it claims will create up to 200 jobs over the next few years.

Cloud security provider Zscaler has appointed John Milionis to the role of ANZ head of channels and alliances.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia shows the highest customer satisfaction levels for branch visits and internet banking when used on app on a mobile phone or tablet among the big four banks, according to the Roy Morgan Satisfaction with Banking Channels Report.

Information security consulting and services organisation Security Centric has appointed Sameh Girgis to the role of senior security consultant.

Major Australian bank Westpac has appointed Damien MacRae to the role of CEO of Westpac Banking as a Service.

Major Australian bank Westpac will increase its spending on Microsoft Azure as part of its digital and hybrid multi-cloud strategy.

GUEST RESEARCH: Strategic research and consulting agency, Fifth Dimension, has released the results of its worldwide research into sustainability and what consumers want governments and companies to do about it.

Payments as a service platform operator mx51 has appointed Jim Tate as its chair.

GUEST OPINION: Australia is progressing steadily with an open banking rollout. The Big Four banks – CBA, Westpac, ANZ and National Australia Bank – introduced open banking in July 2021, and other banks and financial services are expected to follow in 2022. According to many fintechs, however, the introduction is going slower than expected, and they are pushing financial markets to open their banking services online by signing additional data holders.

Security vendor Tenable has appointed Nigel Ng to the role of vice president for the Asia Pacific region.

Financial services company Westpac launches a mobile app for Android to make it easier, faster, and more secure for customers to manage their money with simpler search and navigation tools, enhanced security, personalised banking services, and a more intuitive design.

Legal technology company Xakia Technologies has appointed Denise Doyle to the role of chief product officer.

The National Australia Bank has topped the 2021 Forrester customer experience index which benchmarks the quality of customer experience of five banks in Australia.

Workforce intelligence specialist Reejig has appointed Brian Hartzer to the role of chairman.

A parliamentary panel has delivered a riposte to Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn who has been pushing for the regulation of Apple Pay, saying it is not convinced that there is any need for regulatory intervention at this time.

Fujitsu has appointed Branko Panich to the role of ANZ executive general manager of consulting.

Identity and fraud prevention platform provider FrankieOne has closed its $20 million Series A funding round, led by AirTree Ventures and Greycroft.

The European Union is set to file an anti-trust suit against Apple over the NFC chip technology it uses for tap-and-go payments, a report claims.

Changes to Westpac Group's digital gambling block feature mean more customers can restrict their spending on gambling.