Prospects for competition in e-conveyancing fading fast

Senior Business Correspondent
16 May, 2025
Michael Sainsbury
Senior Business Correspondent
16 May, 2025
Prospects for real competition in the electronic conveyancing sector now rest on a Senate inquiry in Canberra, after one of two prospective competitor to monopoly player PEXA walked away and payments industry body AusPayNet launched a new “code of practice” in an effort to avoid regulation.
Prospects for competition in e-conveyancing fading fast

Prospects for real competition in the electronic conveyancing sector now rest on a Senate inquiry in Canberra, after one of two prospective competitor to monopoly player PEXA walked away and payments industry body AusPayNet launched a new “code of practice” in an effort to avoid regulation.

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