Aussie Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected
Consumer confidence has dropped to an eleven-month low, in the midst of continuing COVID-19 lockdowns and heavy retail restrictions. However, the fall... Read More
Big Retailers Costco, Amazon & PlayStation Networks Crash
Akamai the DNS provider who bought down several Australian banks earlier this month is again front and centre of a major global... Read More
Akamai Apologises For Global Internet Outage
Internet infrastructure provider Akamai has accepted blame for a global outage that began yesterday at 2:20pm, and impacted hundreds of major businesses,... Read More
All Major Banks In Australia, Telstra, AusPost, Hit By Major Outage
UPDATE: (4:30pm) Akamai’s Prolexic service appears to be the issue. Prolexic is used by companies to protect against DDoS attacks. UPDATE: (4:25pm) CommBank,... Read More
Afterpay, Hartzer In Data Start-Up
Afterpay-backed AP Ventures has invested $10 million in data capture company Basiq, in a bid to strengthen Afterpay’s ability to offer budgeting... Read More
Westpac Suffers Online Banking Outage
Westpac users are experiencing issues with online banking, with some customers unable to login or even use their cards for EFTPOS and... Read More
Corrupt Bank Westpac Refuses To Accept NSW Government ID
Despite it being accepted by Police Officers and is used as the official COVID-19 tracker in News South the Westpac bank is... Read More
Afterpay Launch Savings Account In Westpac Deal
Buy-now-pay-later platform, Afterpay, has inked a deal with Westpac to launch a savings account from next financial year – the first major... Read More
Dodgy Bank Used By Distributors Facing New Money Laundering Claims
Westpac’s anti-money laundering drama has taken a new turn with authorities now finding several large undisclosed transfers to questionable accounts overseas. Westpac... Read More
Westpac Admits 23mil Breaches In Money-Laundering Case
SYDNEY: Westpac has formally admitted 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering laws, due to failures in its transaction reporting and record-keeping. Its... Read More