Nearly every major Australian bank now offers free security software subscriptions to its customers. Here’s a quick roundup of what’s on offer. More »
We got told about it back in October, but the Commonwealth Bank’s Kaching app, offering NFC functionality and the ability to send payments to others, is now officially available. More »
We’ve complained in the past about NAB, Commonwealth Bank and St George rolling out Android “banking apps” that are little more than glorified bookmarks to a mobile banking site. That’s not because cross-platform mobile sites aren’t awesome, but because an app should do more. We don’t have a St George account to test the service directly, but its latest update to its Android mobile banking app appears to have slightly improved on its previous offering. More »
You’ve undoubtedly received enough idiotic phishing mails designed to try and steal account details for banks you don’t have accounts with to realise that malware developers are quite happy to develop very specific attack systems. However, the latest generation of banking-focused trojans combine this approach with a wide range of target banks, modifying their behaviour based on whatever sites you might visit. More »
We’ve complained here quite a bit about mobile apps which are nothing more than a pointer to the existing mobile web site. St George’s new Windows Phone 7 app doesn’t make that mistake, though its feature set is limited to checking balances on your existing accounts. More »
Banks once acted like an iPhone app equalled a complete mobile strategy, but times are changing. The Commonwealth Bank has rolled out an Android app for its NetBank service, though judging by early user comments it could use some work. More »
Despite how simple the process can be, most of us are terrible at saving and paying bills. Here’s a strategy to effectively automate most of your finances to keep you saving and out of late fee trouble. More »
