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. Forty two years on and WPay Managing Director Chris Mills said Woolworths’ payments ethos remains the same – giving customers choice and convenience.

Forty-two years ago, the first electronic ‘eftpos’ transaction occurred on a Westpac Handicard at a Woolworths Supermarket. Payments expert, engineer and industry veteran Simon Greig explains exactly what that involved and why it matters.

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, how funds could move digitally between a card-issuing bank and a merchant.

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 ever-changing payments landscape. The bank's payments leaders, Albert Naffah and Alison Chang, take a close look at the payments evolution.

Forty-two years after Australia's first eftpos payments was made in a Sydney supermarket, Global Payments, Head of Integrated and Platforms for APAC, Masseh Haidary, looks at how the payments world has changed - Australians now tap watches, scan QR codes, ride the NPP and argue about surcharges. The infrastructure underneath all of that? Still evolving, still contested, still fascinating.

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has launched a new eftpos merchant brand campaign, coinciding with the 42nd anniversary of the first electronic card payment.

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.