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Chargeback fraud is real but the problem runs deeper than bad customers

This week media shone a light on small businesses losing thousands to fraudulent chargebacks. The merchant experiences reported are important — and they point to something the payments industry has been too slow to address systematically.

Scams & Fraud

AUSTRAC clamps down on crypto with three cancellations

Australia’s AML and financial crime regulator, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), last week cancelled the registration of three separate crypto firms.

Regulation

The era of invisible finance: How AI, identity and trust are redefining money

The future of finance isn’t cashless. It’s conscious built on invisible intelligence and visible trust.

Cash

The future of AI in payments: When transactions start thinking for themselves

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic idea or a Silicon Valley experiment. It has quietly become the invisible engine driving how money moves, how fraud is prevented, and how trust is built across the global financial system. What are the potential benefits, and the risks?

AUSTRAC eyes tougher onboarding for banks - passport or birth certificate requirement draws criticism from industry

Opening a bank account could be a lot tougher for Australians under proposed changes to laws intended to disrupt financial crime.

Government

Mobile payments used to be less 'painful' than using cash. That might be changing.

The act of handing over hard-earned cash has long been associated with pain. And historically, research has also found that consumers tended to spend less using cash rather than a payment card.

Cash

JP Morgan stirs payments pot

Following its entry into eftpos and the New Payments Platform, JP Morgan Australia is poised to enter the acquiring business.

Fintech