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Cash
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Mar 11, 2026
Is banking politics at play in lingering cash saga?
Despite the promise of special interest deals and approved closed-shop negotiations, Australia’s high drama cash distribution saga has dragged on for almost three years.
A2A
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Mar 11, 2026
Macquarie wields PayID in catch up rental payments
By launching PayID on DEFT, Macquarie Bank is matching CBA and RentPay on real time payments – strengthening its ongoing campaign to dominate the $85bn-a-year rental payments market.
Fintech
+3
Mar 4, 2026
Blended rates, fintech carve-outs and a trillion-dollar gatekeeper: who really pays?
Australia's parliamentary payments inquiry stripped back the complexity to expose three uncomfortable truths: small businesses are subsidising the system, fintechs want exemptions that would make it worse, and Apple won't even say what it charges.
Fintech
+2
Mar 4, 2026
Lessn rewards growth with new investment round
Australian B2B payments platform Lessn has celebrated surpassing $100 million transacted on its platform within its first year of operations, as it enters a new investment round.
Fintech
+1
Mar 4, 2026
Mixed results for listed pay firms, with Tyro and Cuscal profits up, revenue slower
BNPL player Zip is now heavily dependent on its US business and like Beforepay, it is struggling to impress investors.
Cards
+1
Mar 4, 2026
No new pay Apps on iPhone NFC! But Apple says Aussie developers are “well down the path”
While “numerous” developers have been allowed to work on Apple’s prized NFC chip in Australia, the tech giant has told a parliamentary inquiry that a new payments app is yet to emerge.
Fintech
+9
Mar 4, 2026
ParliPay - hours of action-packed TV with a pinch of fiction
Last week I spent two days watching the parade of banking and payment seniors strut their stuff in Canberra at the House Economics Committee – the ParliPay hearings.
Fintech
+1
Feb 25, 2026
Australia’s EMV POS infrastructure not ready for A2A - Apple and RBA
While a few hopeful fintechs are expecting government to support a massive shift to account-to-account (A2A) POS payments, Apple and the RBA said the country’s infrastructure is geared towards EMV card payments and simply isn’t ready.
Fintech
+1
Feb 25, 2026
Bills-for-points fintechs surge as Pay.com.au float looms
A wave of Australian platforms letting businesses put payables on cards to earn frequent-flyer points is accelerating in a sector shaped as much by loyalty economics as payments innovation.
Fintech
+3
Feb 25, 2026
CBA buys in Dynamic Least-Cost Routing and outage resilience with IPSI
The country’s biggest bank will be able to offer customers Dynamic Least-Cost Routing (DLCR) and improved outage resilience by year end, after it snapped up local innovative fintech IPSI.
Fintech
+1
Feb 25, 2026
Latitude hits new altitudes in credit card spending
A 59% jump in cash profit sparked a rally in Latitude Group shares last week, with the company’s 2025 results shows a sharp increase in credit card spend.
Banks
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Feb 25, 2026
NAB’s Citi gamble enters the proof phase as consumer bank execution comes into focus
With migration complete and proprietary lending rising, NAB is betting scale in cards and direct mortgages will lift returns, but market share and margins indicate the next phase depends on execution.
Fintech
+4
Feb 25, 2026
Threatened “Zero Cost” Smartpay changes name and wants AusPayNet review
With its business model on the brink, blended rate terminal operator Smartpay has changed its name and come out swinging on surcharge regulation, scheme fees, Apple Pay and big bank dominance, including the role of the industry’s “governance body” AusPayNet.
Fintech
+1
Feb 25, 2026
UK’s Volt joins busy “Identified” NPP lineup to target recurring payments
UK-based Volt has joined a growing number of companies accessing the New Payments Platform as “identified institutions” via direct connectors, as a gateway to the Australian payments system.
Banks
+1
Feb 18, 2026
After a booming profit, CBA now says domestic issuing and acquiring run at a loss!
Australia’s biggest bank claims its domestic issuing and acquiring businesses are losing money.
