Electronic Payment Anniversary
2026 Edition
Electronic payment has changed almost every part of how Australians shop, bank and do business. This edition looks back at the milestones, institutions and innovations that transformed the way Australians pay. From the early EFTPOS rollout to today’s digital payment networks, these stories trace how technology, regulation and industry leadership reshaped everyday commerce.
As the biggest player in the market, the Commonwealth Bank has been at the forefront of electronic payment milestones for the past 40 years, supporting Australians to adapt to the...
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has launched a new eftpos merchant brand campaign, coinciding with the 42nd anniversary of the first electronic card payment....
After processing the first EFTPOS transaction back in 1984, Woolworths sparked an electronics payments revolution that now sees Australians make more than $1 trillion in card payments a year. 42...
ANZ’s Managing Director Transaction Banking, Lisa Vasic, explains that as the first bank to introduce Apple Pay to the local market, ANZ continues to drive innovation in the payments ecosystem....
Forty-two years after Australia's first eftpos payment was made in a Sydney supermarket, Global Payments, Head of Integrated and Platforms for APAC, Masseh Haidary, looks at how the payments world...
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) General Manager Retail Payments, Colin Sultana explains that the first eftpos transaction marked the beginning of electronic payments in Australia – demonstrating, for the first time,...