PayTo needs a facelift to compete with BECS: RBA

Warwick Ponder
Editor
25 Mar, 2026
PayTo - Australia’s real time answer to direct debit - needs an urgent facelift if the industry hopes to convince consumers to move to real time payments en masse.
PayTo needs a facelift to compete with BECS: RBA

PayTo - Australia’s real time answer to direct debit - needs an urgent facelift if the industry hopes to convince consumers to move to real time payments en masse.

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