Crypto brokerage Swyftx has secured an Australian Financial Services Licence, paving the way for future payment products as it expands beyond digital asset trading.
Fiserv-owned fintech Pinch Payments is betting a $50,000 cash prize will help uncover the next generation of payments innovation, launching a national hackathon aimed at solving real-world business payment challenges.
After more than 100 submissions and months of debate, subtle but significant changes have been made to the final Vision for Account-to-Account Payments in Australia, with resilience, access and commercial sustainability emerging as important edits
Clubs Australia, customer owned banks and the country's second-largest cash carrier have all now written to the ACCC. So have a growing queue of ordinary Australians, several of whom independently reached for the same barnyard
Getting paid is priority 1. Always
15 Jul, 2026
Payments Expert
15 Jul, 2026
Last week’s Telstra outage reminded us that getting paid is the most important thing that a business does. Treat it accordingly.
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