Cash
+5
Apr 15, 2026
Cash still growing as ATM withdrawals hit a six-year high and debit surges
ATM withdrawals reached $9.3 billion in February, the highest single month since July 2020 when $9.7 billion was withdrawn. It is the only form of cash access still growing, up 2% annually as debit card usage continues to surge.
Fintech
+1
Apr 15, 2026
Coinbase’s green light with AFSL
In an Aussie first, Coinbase will bring perpetuals, futures, options, and a full suite of financial products to one of the world's most engaged crypto markets thanks to a retail derivatives authorisation.
Fintech
+1
Apr 15, 2026
Delays and outlook see EML shares dive
ASX listed EML’s new CEO Adam Olding faces a serious challenge after the company’s revised outlook saw shares take a big dive on Monday.
Fintech
+2
Apr 15, 2026
Shift4 in the frame as Cuscal moves on NZ Paymark
Cuscal is buying New Zealand’s answer to eftpos - Paymark – in a deal that may secure a brighter future for one of its biggest customers, Shift4, in the land of the long white cloud.
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.
Fintech
+1
Apr 8, 2026
Platform trap: Captured SMEs exposed to card fee shock
After announcing a surcharge ban on both credit and debit, the RBA’s remedy for small businesses to avoid card fee shock was to shop around for cheaper payments options. With just 176 days to run until the 1 October deadline, this simplistic economist view ignores just how deeply platform players like Xero, MYOB, Stripe, Square and Shopify have embedded themselves into Aussie businesses.
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.
