In a bid to increase the security of its customers’ internet banking facilities, ME Bank, a bank for industry super funds and union members, has replaced its previous technology provider with Sourcefire’s next-generation intrusion prevention solution, Sourcefire 3D.

National Australia Bank (NAB) chief executive, Cameron Clyne, has sought to reassure shareholders that the benefits of the company’s Next Generation IT Platform (NGP) will come.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) says services on its internet banking site were interrupted on Wednesday with customers unable to complete bill payments, transfers and international money transfers.

Westpac has restored its online banking service following a prolonged outage, caused by an air-conditioning fault at a data centre. The bank’s group executive for retail and business banking, Rob Coombe, has also apologised to customers, promising a review of the events that caused the system failures.

The National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) has reported that it continues to spend up on its Next Generation Banking following the release of its March 2011 half year financial results.

As German banks layer more security into their online banking procedures, security vendor Gemalto has launched a device it says makes completing transactions easier.

Westpac is to derive much of its future IT innovation and costs savings from a cross pollination of best-of-breed IT systems between itself and St George, which was acquired by the bank last year.