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NSW payments strategy focused on real-time, fraud resilience and digital government

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22 Jul, 2026
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Warwick Ponder
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22 Jul, 2026
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The NSW Government has unveiled its first Payments Strategy, positioning the state as a major driver of Australia's payments modernisation agenda with a blueprint centred on real-time payments, cyber resilience, fraud prevention, artificial intelligence and customer-focused digital services.
NSW payments strategy focused on real-time, fraud resilience and digital government
NSW Treasury Secretary Michael Coutts-Trotter said payments are the quiet engine of the NSW economy.

The NSW Government has unveiled its first Payments Strategy, positioning the state as a major driver of Australia's payments modernisation agenda with a blueprint centred on real-time payments, cyber resilience, fraud prevention, artificial intelligence and customer-focused digital services.

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