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Fintech
+3
Apr 8, 2026
Game on. PSPs and acquirers fight to survive in a post-surcharge world
Ahead of what is likely to be the biggest Payment Service Provider (PSP) and acquiring market shakeup in decades, Tyro, Zeller, Westpac and CBA are already wooing customers for the post-surcharging world, while ANZ remains mum on its plans for ANZ Worldline.
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Cash
+4
Apr 8, 2026
"The fees don't disappear": voices calling foul on Australia's surcharge ban
Over the past week, commentary from across industry - Brad Kelly, the co-founder of the Independent Payments Forum (IPF), John Arnott, Director of AMP Bank Go, Jason Bryce, a Melbourne-based financial journalist and founder of CashWelcome.org, and Dr Fei Gao, Lecturer from the University of Sydney Business School - has highlighted the level of concern about the RBA’s decision during a period of high inflation and economic uncertainty.
Fintech
+3
Apr 1, 2026
Fintechs grapple with stark no-surcharge future
Following the Reserve Bank’s no surcharge decision, a gaggle of well-known fintechs including Zeller, Shift4, Zero, PayNuts, Square and Tyro may need to rebuild their business models and, in some cases, technology stacks, or risk losing massive market share back to the big banks.
A2A
+2
Apr 1, 2026
Invest and coordinate: more work ahead to build real time resilience
Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ and NAB are among the industry players who who could make better use of “underutilised critical infrastructure” to finally unlock the power of resilience, trust and real time payments in Australia.
A2A
+1
Apr 1, 2026
US giants Mastercard and Visa eye Aussie A2A options
Fresh from its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure player BVNK, Mastercard now has its eye on Australia’s account-to-account market as it continues to expand its global tentacles into new forms of payments. And, as usual, Visa is joining the party.
Cash
+1
Mar 25, 2026
Cyclone Narelle exposes Australia's cashless fragility
Cyclone Narelle ripped through Cape York and slammed into the Northern Territory, affecting dozens of remote communities scattered across the Top End, including their ability to buy anything at all.
Fintech
+1
Mar 25, 2026
Merger abandoned amid A2A uncertainty
Plans for a merger of Monoova and Zai have been abandoned for now, but the need for consolidation in the uncertain account-to-account (A2A) paytech sector continues.
Fintech
+1
Mar 25, 2026
Pay.com.au's new CTO wants to turn $4.2 trillion in “dead payments” into rewards
Dee Kulkarni on scaling a $633 million Australian fintech into the US, why indecision is the only bad decision, and the budget risk nobody's ignoring.
Banks
+1
Mar 18, 2026
CHOICE: banks not doing their bit to stop financial elder abuse
A CHOICE report has found that most banks aren’t complying with their own industry code of practice to stop elder financial abuse - costing vulnerable people several billions of dollars a year.
Fintech
+2
Mar 18, 2026
Consultation looks at PSPs, ePayments Code powers and unclaimed funds
Treasury has launched a consultation on new legislation for payments service providers (PSPs), including power to make rules for a mandatory and revised ePayments Code and new controls for unclaimed monies.
Cash
+4
Mar 18, 2026
Debit cards hit 77% of volume and 70% of in-store purchase value for first time
Australian consumers continued their shift towards debit cards in January 2026, with debit reaching 77% of volume and a milestone 70% share of in-store card purchase value for the first time on record.
