Digital & Online
News about payments in the online and digital space
Cash
+3
Feb 4, 2026
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Alan Townsend appointed CEO of EFTEX
Australian-based payments services provider EFTEX has announced Alan Townsend as their new Chief Executive Officer.
Fintech
+1
Feb 4, 2026
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LemFi aims for booming Australian remittance market
LemFi is launching remittance services to Australian residents – firmly targeting what it says is one of the world’s fastest-growing and most important outbound remittance markets, worth $56.6 billion.
Fintech
+2
Jan 28, 2026
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AUSTRAC audit clouds Airwallex IPO and highlights cross-border regulatory risk
The planned float of Australian fintech Airwallex has been thrown into doubt after AUSTRAC ordered an independent audit over concerns its payments systems may be failing to detect serious financial crime, including child sexual exploitation — sharpening investor focus on governance and bank relationships.
Fintech
+1
Jan 28, 2026
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Now processing $3.7 trillion - Global Payments acquires Worldpay
Global Payments is the new payments behemoth – emerging from its integration with Worldpay processing a combined 94 billion transactions a year.
Fintech
+1
Jan 14, 2026
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Banking Circle wants to help paytechs move in and out of Australia
Banking Circle Australia sees its international experience and overseas market know-how as a key differentiator as it moves to tackle its market rival, Cuscal, head on in 2026.
Fintech
+2
Jan 14, 2026
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Merchant Warrior takes on Asia with Nomupay partnership
Brisbane-based payment gateway Merchant Warrior has announced a partnership with global fintech Nomupay to bring its platform to customers in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Fintech
+1
Jan 14, 2026
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Wisr and partners test tokenised assets within RBA’s Project Acacia
Sydney fintech Wisr has teamed up with NotCentralised, Redbelly Network and AMAL to demonstrate how tokenisation can simplify and streamline access to capital markets.
Fintech
+4
Dec 17, 2025
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Blockley hangs up his payments consulting hat
After 37 years of consulting for some of the nation’s biggest banks and global card schemes, the big end of town’s gun for hire Lance Blockley is hanging up his hat at The Initiatives Group (TIG) and passing on the mantle.
Fintech
+1
Dec 17, 2025
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Christmas shoppers fund climate and biodiversity projects and deliveries boom
Australian fintech Sphere for Good and New Zealand’s HealthPost’s partnership has seen Flora & Fauna online shoppers make 11,000 contributions towards climate and biodiversity projects when ordering parcel deliveries in the lead up to Christmas.
Cash
+12
Dec 17, 2025
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Massive year in payments but 2026 looms even larger
There will be little rest for the payments industry this summer, as businesses, regulators and lawmakers get ready for a raft of big changes in the New Year. In the final edition of PayDay News for 2025, we look at the big changes this year, and what to expect in 2026.
Fintech
+2
Dec 17, 2025
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Mint Payments partners with Zip Co to add flexible payment options for travel merchants
Mint Payments and Zip Co have partnered to introduce flexible payment options for travel bookings across Mint’s merchant network.
Fintech
+1
Dec 17, 2025
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Tyro buys Thriday for SME edge
Tyro is acquiring Melbourne-based fintech Thriday, an AI-powered financial management platform that automates invoicing, expense management, accounting and banking workflows.
