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The Commonwealth Bank has announced an update of its Benefits finder digital feature in a move it says makes it easier for business owners to understand and connect to state and federal COVID-19 support measures they may be eligible for.

Communications software and cloud infrastructure provider MNF Group has appointed Cathy Doyle to the newly created role of chief people experience officer.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has taken a 25% stake in two retail service providers that resell NBN services and says it will offer discounted plans to its customers through these two companies.

Commonwealth Bank is beefing up its digital resources with the launch of a new recruitment plan aimed at growing its network of engineers by at least 50 per month for the foreseeable future.

GUEST OPINION by Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Architect at ThousandEyes:  Over the past year, we’ve seen a sharp rise in the number of high-profile Australian CEOs promoting their digital and IT teams’ work.

CommBank IQ is a joint venture between Commonwealth Bank of Australia and data science company Quantium that plans to deliver "highly relevant" data insights to institutional clients.

Australia's biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, is currently having issues that are impacting the usage of credit and debit cards of its customers.

Australian middleware cloud platform and hospitality marketplace provider Doshii, an operating division of x15ventures which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank, has taken on three point-of-sale partners enabling them to streamline their operations.

An SMS popped into my iPhone's messages inbox last night, proclaiming to be an "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM COMMBANK". Given I don't use that particular bank, well, it was obviously a scam, but some might be fooled.

Australian robo-advice fintech Ignition Advice has appointed IT industry veteran and former finanacial services expert Russell Scrimshaw and ex Fortescue Metals Group managing director to its board..

Commonwealth Bank is one of the first card issuers to go live with eftpos on Samsung Pay.

Payment solutions provider Mastercard has teamed up with Transport for New South Wales to run a trial of the digital version of the state's Opal card which is used to pay for trips on public transport.

There has been a marked reduction in the level of fraud experienced by its merchant customers, according to the Commonwealth Bank, but despite the drop the bank has warned that small businesses must remain extra vigilant over the festive season.

Listed Australia media monitoring company Isentia has informed the ASX that its net profit before tax will fall by between $7 million and $8.5 million due to a ransomware attack on its infrastructure which has disrupted the services offered by its SaaS platform, Mediaportal.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is joining Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and blockchain tech firm ConsenSys Software to look at the implications and use of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) that uses distributed ledger technology.

Neo-lender Wisr has appointed Ben Berger as its chief product officer and Lili Sussman as its chief strategy officer. Both roles are newly created.

Independent firm Forrester Research has named the Commonwealth Bank a leader in overall digital experience among banking apps in Australia for the fourth year running.

The Commonwealth Bank claims its Benefits finder feature, added to its app and online nationally last September, had saved customers more than $153 million in utility bills and additional government payments alone over the past year.

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro is claiming an Australia-first launch of its Consumer Data Right (CDR) Open Banking automated compliance check which it says is designed to simplify customers’ ability to create and launch compliant, secure Open Banking services.

The Commonwealth Bank has announced the launch of the first phase of Australia's Open Banking regime for sharing consumer data and says it will lead to delivery of better products and services.