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News about payments in the online and digital space

Fintech

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CDR & Digital ID could take the pain out of rental applications
LockSimple

Oct 28, 2025

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CDR & Digital ID could take the pain out of rental applications

The soul crushing process of filling in piles of detailed rental applications could get a whole lot easier with the clever application of technologies like Digital ID and the Consumer Data Right (CDR), according to Sydney payments outfits Fat Zebra and AP+.

Fintech

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CHOICE puts delivery app price hikes in the spotlight
LockSimple

Oct 28, 2025

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CHOICE puts delivery app price hikes in the spotlight

DoorDash, Milkrun and Uber Eats could be charging consumers 40 per cent more for some grocery items compared to what they cost instore, a CHOICE investigation into third-party delivery apps has found.

Fintech

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Tyro aged care solution launched
LockSimple

Oct 28, 2025

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Tyro aged care solution launched

Tyro Health has launched its fully certified, integrated Aged Care Solution ahead of the Australian Government's Support at Home program, which will commence on Saturday.

Fintech

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Aussie Monoova named Company of the Year at Global FinTech Awards
LockSimple

Oct 14, 2025

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Aussie Monoova named Company of the Year at Global FinTech Awards

Australian payment services provider Monoova has been named Company of the Year at the Global FinTech Awards 2025 in London, highlighting Australia’s growing influence in the global fintech sector.

Digital & Online

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Deanne Bannatyne named new CEO at NAB’s HICAPS
LockSimple

Oct 7, 2025

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Deanne Bannatyne named new CEO at NAB’s HICAPS

Deanne Bannatyne has taken over the top job at NAB’s healthcare payments specialist, HICAPS.

Cash

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Online set to dominate card transactions by end of 2026
LockSimple

Oct 7, 2025

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Online set to dominate card transactions by end of 2026

The latest RBA payments data reveals Australian card spending retreated to $92 billion in August, while device-not-present transactions broke through 45% of total payments for the first time, putting online and bill payments on track to dominate by end of 2026.

Digital & Online

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Australia moves to build crypto guardrails as payments integration accelerates
LockSimple

Sep 30, 2025

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Australia moves to build crypto guardrails as payments integration accelerates

The government has released draft laws to license exchanges and issuers, ASIC has granted temporary relief for stablecoin distribution, and global players from PayPal to IG Group are reshaping Australia’s crypto payments landscape.

Cash

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RBA outlines action plan on payments resilience
LockSimple

Sep 30, 2025

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RBA outlines action plan on payments resilience

The Reserve Bank has outlined an action plan to improve payments resilience over the next two years as outages continue to rock public confidence in the system.

Digital & Online

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Regulators turn spotlight back on CHESS after blockchain misstep
LockSimple

Sep 30, 2025

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Regulators turn spotlight back on CHESS after blockchain misstep

The 10 year ASX saga to upgrade its ageing settlements and clearances infrastructure continues, amidst a new ASIC probe and a fail from the RBA in its latest report.

Digital & Online

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Derelict devices put spotlight on AusPayNet
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Derelict devices put spotlight on AusPayNet

For many years the Reserve Bank has set an expectation on financial institutions to improve the reliability of payment services. So, how is it that banks and other providers are able to sell or rent payment devices that don’t work or appear to break down easily?

Fintech

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Ezypay acquired by US tech company, Xplor
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Ezypay acquired by US tech company, Xplor

Sydney payments fintech Ezypay has been acquired by US tech company, Xplor Technologies, for an undisclosed sum.

Fintech

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Hollywood funny man Will Ferrell pushes PayPal’s BNPL to Aussies
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Hollywood funny man Will Ferrell pushes PayPal’s BNPL to Aussies

In an effort to ramp up usage of its Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offering, PayPal Australia is launching its biggest ever Australian consumer ad blitz, fronted by US comic and producer, Will Ferrell.

Fintech

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John Cox takes the reins at Linkly
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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John Cox takes the reins at Linkly

Former Coles tech boss John Cox has taken the reins at Sydney-based payments outfit, Linkly.

Cash

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Payments complexity plagues SME productivity, report
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Payments complexity plagues SME productivity, report

A new report details the hidden cost of payment complexity for Australian businesses in a digital world, with cash flow ranked the number one menace.

Cash

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Regulators close to cash fix, and flag consultation on Amex, BNPL and Apple Pay
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Regulators close to cash fix, and flag consultation on Amex, BNPL and Apple Pay

Financial regulators are close to recommending a way forward for cash distribution in Australia, reiterating that hard currency remains an essential part of the economy and cash in circulation is at record highs. In the meantime, they have flagged yet another consultation - this time on Amex, BNPL and mobile wallets.

Fintech

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Shareholders tip another $3 million into Azupay
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Shareholders tip another $3 million into Azupay

Official filings show that real time payments specialist Azupay has executed its first capital raising since July 2023.

Digital & Online

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Ticketing giants’ opaque pricing
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Ticketing giants’ opaque pricing

Long the masters of recategorising and changing fee structures to stay a step ahead of regulators, the Ticketmaster/Ticketek duopoly will be ready for any challenge thrown by regulators, their critics believe.

Fintech

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Wage-advance ‘fintechs’ slip through the regulatory net
LockSimple

Sep 23, 2025

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Wage-advance ‘fintechs’ slip through the regulatory net

With BNPL now regulated, a slew of wage-advance ‘fintechs’ remain effectively unregulated and highly secretive, thriving on the cost-of-living crisis.

Digital & Online

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New Shopify app reduces impact of parcel deliveries at checkout
LockSimple

Sep 16, 2025

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New Shopify app reduces impact of parcel deliveries at checkout

Australian EcoTech company Sphere has launched a new app that helps Shopify retailers and their customers reduce the impact of parcel deliveries when making a payment at the checkout.

Digital & Online

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Putin’s China pitch amps up the scramble for new payment rails
LockSimple

Sep 16, 2025

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Putin’s China pitch amps up the scramble for new payment rails

Vladimir Putin’s call for a new payments system free of Western control comes as sanctions on Russia and China’s ambitions converge with a surge of new global domestic and regional networks.

Cash

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Soaring merchant fees stoke boom in payments advisers
LockSimple

Sep 16, 2025

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Soaring merchant fees stoke boom in payments advisers

The opacity of merchant fee pricing across the globe is spawning a wave of litigation and burgeoning demand for payments experts. One of the world’s largest merchant advisory groups, BB Merchant Services, says it is expanding its presence in the Australian market.

Digital & Online

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Westpac adopts Mastercard’s new virtual card via Oracle
LockSimple

Sep 16, 2025

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Westpac adopts Mastercard’s new virtual card via Oracle

Mastercard has launched a new virtual card option for Australia corporates, with Westpac becoming the first to activate the solution for clients using Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

Digital & Online

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ASX, CHESS face regulatory hurdles, RBA
LockSimple

Sep 2, 2025

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ASX, CHESS face regulatory hurdles, RBA

The ASX faces “further regulatory steps” to improve its governance and risk culture, following batch payments failure incident in December 2024.

Digital & Online

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ConnectID scores top rank in Age Assurance report
LockSimple

Sep 2, 2025

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ConnectID scores top rank in Age Assurance report

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) digital ID solution, ConnectID, has achieved a top ranking in the Australian Government’s Age Assurance Technology Trial report, which confirms that age assurance can be delivered in Australia in a way that is private, efficient and effective.

Digital & Online

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Macquarie Bank joins BioCatch Trust
LockSimple

Sep 2, 2025

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Macquarie Bank joins BioCatch Trust

Macquarie Bank has joined BioCatch Trust Australia, adding an additional layer of security protection against fraud and scams for its customers.

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