Tyro trading halt awaits pending announcement

By Warwick Ponder, Editor

Tyro Payments has gone into trading halt pending a further announcement expected by Thursday.

Australia’s A2A transition: governance conflicts, delays, and global lessons

By Michael Sainsbury, Senior Business Correspondent

Despite an RBA prompted inquiry into A2A and plenty of warnings from fintechs like Zepto and Volt, a lack of industry coordination or tough regulation looks set to keep BECS operating well beyond 2030.

Privacy drives Amazon’s initial PayTo take up, while bank inconsistency is a problem

By Warwick Ponder, Editor

Amazon says privacy concerns with card payments is driving better than expected take up of PayTo, but some customers are being turned away because of poor and inconsistent bank onboarding experiences.

Mutual bank executives pampered in Brisbane as Cuscal and ASL go into battle

By George Lekakis, Senior Banking and Financial Services Correspondent

Cuscal and ASL this week fired the opening salvos in their emerging war for outsourcing mandates in the mutual banking sector.

Merchants cop more card fee increases, despite RBA pressure

By Peter Drennan, Senior Business Analyst

Merchant fees across Australia's major payment networks have increased over the past six months, despite intensified regulatory scrutiny from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

Rankin departs Azupay board

By George Lekakis, Senior Banking and Financial Services Correspondent

Payments industry veteran Kirsty Rankin has pulled stumps on her time as a director of Azupay.

Federal judge rules Apple and Google app store payments anti-competitive

By Staff Reporter

The federal court has ruled that Apple and Google’s app stores had no protections against anti-competitive behaviour.

ACCC missing in action on anti-competitive payments deals across the public sector

Commentary by George Lekakis, Senior Banking and Financial Services Correspondent

The ACCC prefers to do nothing when state and federal government agencies such as Transport for NSW enter deals that stifle competition in the payments industry.

Monthly payments data report

By Peter Drennan, Senior Business Analyst

The RBA released its retail payments data as at June 2025 on August 7, showing declines in in-store credit card spending and New Payments Platform (NPP) growth moderating.

Monoova launches new A2A plugin for WooCommerce

By Rachel St Clair, Reporter

Monoova has launched a new payments plugin for WooCommerce, enabling Account-to-Account (A2A) and traditional card payments.

Passkeys are the future for Azupay

By Rachel St Clair, Reporter

Azupay has integrated passkeys across their PayTo payments to provide its customers with seamless payment experiences as well as an additional security layer, amidst growing concern in the advancement of fraud tactics.

atmwest expands in Australia and Mauritius

By Rachel St Clair, Reporter

atmwest is expanding its services into Australia’s larger cities and overseas - to the island nation of Mauritius.

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