The Australian Signals Directorate today released revised advice on cutting critical infrastructure off from the internet, corporate networks and everything else.
PayPal remained the most complained-about merchant facilities provider in Australia during the 2025-26 financial year, with new Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) data showing payment service providers continuing
Tyro Health has launched a new GapOnly Vet Portal that combines real-time pet insurance claims and digital payments in a single workflow for veterinary clinics.
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Why isn’t the NPP at the checkout?
Nearly a decade after the NPP launched, you still can't use it to pay for your coffee, your haircut, or your movie ticket. As the RBA launches its
With the RBA watching closely at developments in AI commerce, a joint white paper by Mastercard and Sunrate argues AI agents will move beyond automation to independently manage
After being disconnected from A2A platforms in Australia by Banking Circle due to AML compliance concerns, all signs point to Bolt Group having partnered with Westpac in nearby New Zealand where the anti-money laws are similar - but fintech promoters claim that they should have
Declared complete twice, nine months apart, the Independent Pricing Mechanism (IPM) for cash still hasn’t emerged despite the ACCC authorisation covering it expiring on 30 June. One ATM operator got out early and took a price hit to do it.
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Payments COMMENTARY ▸
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THE INTERCHANGE BENCH ▸
On The Interchange Bench this week, CommBank builds up Trans-Tasman payments capability, Churchward stars in Cuscal’s show at WCUC, Pierce lands Qld Head of Fraud, Inman moves to integration and ...
On The Interchange Bench this week, Galvin exits Bolt Group as Gonzalez jumps in, Duncan takes the wheel at iGoDirect cards and payments, Zip pulls out of New Zealand, Robinson ...
A2A ▸
Unlike Australia, where the private sector runs the distributed real-time NPP network, New Zealand's central bank has taken control, but a long-promised business case, now more than a
Nearly a decade after the NPP launched, you still can't use it to pay for your coffee, your haircut, or your movie ticket. As the RBA launches its
After being disconnected from A2A platforms in Australia by Banking Circle due to AML compliance concerns, all signs point to Bolt Group having partnered with Westpac in nearby
An explosive judgement against Bano in Banking Circle’s favour is the clearest statement yet from an Australian court that a rails provider which genuinely assesses a client as
The CEO of Sydney-based paytech Azupay, Andrew Baines, is urging Australian company boards to stop treating the New Payments Platform (NPP) as an emerging technology and begin a
CARDS ▸
Better late than never. Victorians and visitors to the Garden State no longer need to struggle with myki. From this week, you can tap your credit and debit
WEX has been primarily known as a fuel card business in Australia since the 1980s but it was only ever the visible tip of this mammoth payments business.
With credit card loyalty schemes under pressure, Hong Kong-based Ogloba has appointed former Shift4, Wex and Placard veteran Larry Samuels to lead its new local operations, saying it
Preference for mobile over physical cards already seen among debit users is now showing up in credit, with more than half of all contactless in-store credit card transactions
More Australians are pulling out cash by tapping a phone, watch or card at the ATM and Mastercard is cashing in with a big scheme fee increase which
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Topics: CASH ▸
Declared complete twice, nine months apart, the Independent Pricing Mechanism (IPM) for cash still hasn’t emerged despite the ACCC authorisation ...
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee spent three hours today hearing why the company that moves 85% of Australia's cash thinks ...
The latest data from the RBA shows there is no trend away from using cash but there’s no surprise that ...
Topics: BANKS ▸
Westpac has joined the rest of the Big 4 in partnering with the One Stop One Story Hub, linking vulnerable ...
Despite a recent zombie fraud controversy, APRA has granted Revolut Payments Australia a licence to operate as an authorised-deposit taking ...
Every rate, fee and eligibility rule a non-bank lender charges will soon be machine-readable via open banking. That includes buy ...
Topics: SCAMS & FRAUD ▸
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has opened a major debate on the future of payments security but one issue ...
NAB has unveiled a new around-the-clock operations hub that brings together cyber, fraud, payments and security teams as Australian banks ...
The Federal Court says failures by the Australian arm of London-based banking giant HSBC to protect scam victims were serious ...
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