Banking Technology News

The latest news and news archive relating to new software technology for the banking & financial industries from GFG Group.

02 July 2008With kind permission of Open Solutions Inc.

GFG Group and Open Solutions Inc. Announce Partnership

Open Solutions Inc. is a registered trademark of Open Solutions Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2008 Open Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.... read more

11 December 2007Reprinted with kind permission from NZPA

OBSESSION: It seems everyone owns at least one cellphone these days, most people own several

Mobile phones are changing the lives of people in the developing world. Grant Fleming of NZPA looks at a local firm tapping into their relentless spread.... read more

20 November 2007

GFG Group has appointed Antone Homan – to the new role of global sales manager

Based in Sydney, Antone Homan takes responsibility for GFG Group’s international sales team, with a particular focus on high growth opportunities in the Asia Pacific region.... read more

20 November 2007

The latest Strategic 100 issue from CIO Magazine names GFG Group as one of 25 ‘Rising Stars’.

The Rising Star section of the Strategic 100 celebrates companies that CIO Magazine says are ‘already impressing savvy CIOs, who locally and internationally keep a tab on cutting-edge companies set to make a difference in ICT.’... read more

07 November 2007Printed with kind permission from ASB Bank

ASB uses Cadencie to launch global first in Loyalty...

ASB – a recognised leader in customer service – has used Cadencie to launch a new loyalty scheme it says has increased benefits & convenience for customers while significantly improving processes and costs for ASB.... read more

31 August 2007

Cadencie customer ASB wins MasterCard Worldwide Global Quality Platinum Award

Cadencie customer ASB Bank has become one of only eleven financial institutions worldwide to win an inaugural MasterCard Worldwide Global Quality Platinum Award for excellence in operational achievements.... read more

30 August 2007

Compulsory PIN numbers fuels interest

Compulsory PIN numbers for credit cards in Australia has produced a spike of interest in an application from GFG that lets customers select their PINs without visiting a branch.... read more

11 July 2007Reprinted by kind permission of Computerworld - by Randal Jackson

GFG opens Canadian office

Kiwi payments software company GFG Group has formed a Canadian subsidiary — GFG Group Payment Solutions — and set up an office in Toronto to service the North American market.... read more

06 June 2007

GFG launches Canadian subsidiary

GFG Group has announced the formation of a Canadian subsidiary (GFG Group Payment Solutions Ltd) and the intention to set up a Canadian office based in Toronto to service the North American market.... read more

06 June 2007

Strategic sales appointment follows strong growth in South East Asia for GFG Group

GFG Group has appointed Wayne Frost as Vice President of Sales for South East Asia, based in Manila.... read more

21 May 2007Reprinted by kind permission of ComputerWorld

GFG powers payments in the Middle East

New Zealand payment systems vendor GFG Group is about to roll out a multi-million-dollar full-service mobile payment system for Etisalat, the largest telco in the Middle East.... read more

10 May 2007Reprinted by kind permission of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

New Zealand company develops ground breaking mobile payments software

New Zealand payments software company GFG Group is flourishing on the back of global demand for its leading-edge technology that gives access to banking-level payment capability through a mobile phone.... read more

23 April 2007Reprinted by kind permission of ComputerWorld

Computerworld in brief

Former Citibank regional director and Diners Club Australia managing director Grant Halverson has been appointed chief executive of New Zealand-based payment solutions company GFG Group.... read more

23 April 2007Reprinted by kind permission of The Business

Local firm pursues mobile payment business

New Zealand company GFG wants us all to throw away our wallets and take our cellphones shopping, writes Yoke Har Lee... read more

12 April 2007

TVNZ's ASB Business interviews Grant Halverson

New Zealand’s high-rating morning TV business show, ASB Business, interviews GFG’s new CEO, Grant Halverson. View the full interview and hear Grant Halverson answer the questions regarding his new appointment, his opinion on GFG’s emerging leadership role in mobile payments with Simfonie, and the opportunities for GFG’s new Java-based Cards product, Cadencie.... read more

04 April 2007

Former Citibank and Diners Club senior executive takes the helm at GFG Group

Former Citibank regional director and Diners Club Australia managing director, Grant Halverson, has been appointed chief executive officer of New Zealand-based payment solutions company GFG Group.... read more

04 April 2007

Right place, right time, right products

GFG Group’s new CEO discusses his reasons for joining GFG and shares some insights into the changing global payments market and the growth opportunities which those changes are opening up for GFG.... read more

15 March 2007

Cadencie™ and Simfonie™ deliver truly convergent payment solution

GFG Group has launched its new Cadencie ™  and Simfonie ™ products, bringing together its Card and Mobile payments product offerings into a new integrated architecture designed to support virtually any payment device, ranging from credit cards to mobile phones.... read more

15 March 2007Reprinted by kind permission of FRST

Spiralling sales for New Zealand-developed mobile payments software

New Zealand payments software company GFG Group has global telecommunications companies beating a path to its door, as worldwide interest grows in its groundbreaking mobile payments software.... read more

15 March 2007Reprinted by kind permission of Unlimited Magazine

Bankable

From a cup of coffee to a new plasma TV, Kiwis pretty much pay for everything by whacking it on their plastic etfpos or credit card.  But for an estimated 80% of the world’s population it’s not so easy : they don’t have a bank account and rely on cash.... read more

01 March 2007Reprinted by kind permission of insideretailing.com.au

Mobile payments software creates worldwide interest

New Zealand payments software company GFG Group says interest is growing among telecommunications around the world in its groundbreaking mobile payments software.... read more

01 March 2007Reprinted by kind permission of ATMMarketPlace.com

GFG announces launch of new payment-system products

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — GFG Group Ltd. has announced the launch of its new Cadencie and Simfonie products, bringing its card and mobile payments offerings together in a new integrated architecture designed to support almost any payment device.... read more