The Bank of Queensland has confirmed that its current chief information officer, Jim Stabback, is leaving Australia to join Westpac New Zealand in Auckland next month.

Bank of Queensland has appointed its chief financial officer, Ram Kangatharan, to the newly created role of chief operating officer in an effort to better control costs, including IT.

Retail businesses across the country have lost thousands of dollars over the long weekend because a computer glitch left shoppers unable to use the Bank of Queensland's (BOQ) Eftpos terminals.

What's on the minds of Australia's banking and finance CIOs as 2008 approaches? Finding skilled and talented people to work for them, effective communication with the other business leaders, and, of course, going green.