Westpac and Payment Express launch Westpac Direct from Account service
"Partnerships are key in this rapidly evolving marketplace," says Melissa Steward, Westpac NZ’s Head of Global Transactional Services and Enterprise Payments.
"Partnerships are key in this rapidly evolving marketplace," says Melissa Steward, Westpac NZ’s Head of Global Transactional Services and Enterprise Payments.
Westpac One is the only platform in New Zealand that will allow users to bank anywhere, anytime from any device, says chief digital officer Simon Pomeroy.
Westpac New Zealand is using money management tools created by New York start-up Moven to drive a new platform that will enable customers to do 90 per cent of their banking online.
Westpac New Zealand has signed a five-year agreement with IBM as part of an extensive services and technology contract that will see the bank migrating its IT systems to the latter’s data centre in Auckland.
Westpac NZ will launch its PayTag solution – smartphone stickers that enable customers to complete payments – in October this year.
Westpac’s new central internet banking system will go live in September this year, following internal and select customer testing and modification.
As a step forward in its digital strategy, Westpac NZ has partnered with Samsung NZ to share knowledge and work together on innovations and solutions.
Major changes appear to be afoot at Westpac NZ.
Westpac NZ is working on a banking app that will work on smart watches to provide customers updates on their account balances at the touch of the wrist.