Platform trap: Captured SMEs exposed to card fee shock

After announcing a surcharge ban on both credit and debit, the RBA’s remedy for small businesses to avoid card fee shock was to shop around for cheaper payments options. With just 176 days to run until the 1 October deadline, this simplistic economist view ignores just how deeply platform players like Xero, MYOB, Stripe, Square and Shopify have embedded themselves into Aussie businesses.