Tag: Commonwealth Bank

CommBank to trial govt’s ID data-stopper

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Banking customers in Canberra will be able to share their Medicare credentials with Australia’s largest bank to prove their identity in one of the first tests of the federal...

CBA’s VC accelerator hunts AI startups

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Data and AI startups are the focus of the Commonwealth Bank’s next accelerator program Xccelerate24, with startups to vie for a $250,000 investment and a potential partnership with Australia’s...

Heavy lifting needed on data sharing, but not by banks

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Here’s a philosophical question for the times: If a national economy-wide digital economy platform initiative is suffering a slow, tortured death – and no one notices – should it...

Business urges govt to ditch phased digital ID rollout

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Businesses have urged the federal government to open its digital identity system to the private sector at the same time as state governments, arguing that not doing so will...

Banks leave Canberra behind on digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two of Australia’s biggest banks are forging ahead with a digital identity service in the absence of legislation for an economy-wide expansion of the federal government’s national digital identity...

Debanking risks ‘undermining’ local tech sector

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The increasingly common practice of large financial providers “debanking” Australian tech firms is a “significant threat to competition” and risks “undermining” the growth of the local sector, a Parliamentary...

Data61 and CBA explore blockchain

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Data61 and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) are on a research path to better understand the opportunities and constraints of a new kind of payment system known as “programmable money” developed through...