Westpac stories
Locally based contact centres are good for the country and better for business, writes MaxContact director of operations for Australia Daniel Harding.
Adobe announced its global winners this week, with three of the total 14 gongs worldwide being awarded to companies in Australia and New Zealand.
Westpac senior manager discusses digital transformation, machine learning, Big Data, data privacy, and the challenges of embracing digitalisation.
A Westpac NZ survey finds that younger, female, and Māori business leaders are the most optimistic about the future, despite broader economic challenges.
New Zealand sees a 10% rise in IT salaries to NZD $90,000, while the gender pay gap narrows to 4.5%, down from 7.2% in 2015.
They knew that Australian consumers were unhappy with credit cards and other debt facilities - especially millennials.
Rising mortgage rates and tax changes are set to cool sales, but CoreLogic says a full property downturn still looks unlikely.
Melbourne-based FrankieOne will build Westpac's identity infrastructure for its new BaaS platform, set to launch in mid-2021.
House prices could surge 30 per cent in three years unless regulators curb lending as ultra-low rates fuel debt and investor demand.
Record house prices and strong sales are fuelling doubts over Treasury’s forecast of a 5% fall by June next year.
The news comes following similar moves by the Accident Compensation Corporation, Kiwibank and New Zealand Post.
A report found small businesses are paying a hefty price to scammers; on average losing $38,845 and recovering much less than half.
Auckland-based AI software company Aider will make New York its home over the next six months, after winning a spot in the Mastercard Start Path programme.
Auckland-based AI firm Aider is partnering with Westpac NZ to offer conversational digital assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Skills shortages are forcing infrastructure firms to widen hiring, as sector leaders say diversity and inclusion are key to future growth.
This unease is warranted given the growing sophistication of scammers and their activities, and numbers of attempted fraud.
A common gripe among start-ups and small businesses is the issue of payment, and this new solution from Westpac hopes to resolve that.
Westpac, ANZ, and ASB have announced the scrapping of outdated ATM fees, responding to customer feedback and absorbing transaction costs.
Auckland's Paymark, which processes a significant share of NZ's debit and credit card transactions, sold to France's Ingenico Group for NZD $190 million.
Westpac NZ partners with ACI to adopt real-time payments and fraud prevention solutions in a wide-ranging IT transformation.
