News about fintechs, start ups and innovative ideas in the payments space
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Dec 10, 2025
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Less than half of C-suite executives from payments organisations from around the world see innovation as a priority, according to a new ACI Worldwide report.
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Dec 3, 2025
Cryptocurrency exchange company, Coinbase Australia, has appointed former CommSec Executive Manager Adam Judd as Chief Operating Officer ahead of big changes to the regulatory landscape.
When Jon Davey leaves Tyro’s head office for the last time on Friday, the company’s CFO Emma Burke will temporarily take charge of one of the nation’s biggest acquirers for a critical five-week period – the annual peak payments period over Christmas and the Boxing Day sales.
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Cuscal has completed its acquisition of Indue on schedule, and while staff get a 12 month reprieve on job cuts as we head into the holidays, Indue executives might not be so lucky.
Nov 26, 2025
Cuscal celebrated its first birthday on the ASX yesterday and took out “Best IPO Listing” at the Adam Smith Awards Asia 2025 in Singapore.
Live Payments has partnered with US fintech company Pipe, becoming its first Australian customer and helping to ramp up the tech’s expansion into Australia.
Tyro’s outgoing CEO Jon Davey has handed some small business customers a fee cut from next week, lowering prices just in time for Christmas.
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Nov 19, 2025
More than half of Aussies under 45 are planning to use creative AI tools to assist with holiday shopping, according to new research from PayPal.
Melbourne-based card payment fintech, Vault Payment Solutions has become a Mastercard Principal Issuer, promising both clients and cardholders faster innovation, greater agility, and enhanced security.
Nov 12, 2025
“Just like the banks, payment platform providers should already be alive to the risks of illicit tobacco profits and consider who they are providing services to and how much risk they carry,” AUSTRAC.
Consumers could be digging themselves into deeper debt using Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to pay for essential items say financial counselling experts, as new PayPal research shows one-in-three Australians are using BNPL for online payments.
The US payments giant Toast faces a bewildering array of competitors in a market primed for change with the banning of surcharges.
Shareholders are agitating for incoming chief Nigel Lee to realise some value for the company.
Nov 5, 2025
With the Payday Superannuation Bill passing through parliament yesterday, three Australian technology companies are mobilising to ensure compliance with the seven-day super payment expectation.
As violence escalates in Australia’s $10b illegal tobacco wars, Tyro and Square have started pulling out payments terminals - while other PSPs and payment facilitators are sitting on their hands and counting the fees.
Oct 29, 2025
Amazon and Microsoft host the lion’s share of digital payments infrastructure amid concerns about data sovereignty and outages.
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+.
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.
Cuscal is set to welcome about 20 new bank, government and fintech customers to its fold, after the ACCC cleared the way for its proposed $75 m acquisition of Indue Limited.
ASX-listed fintech Findi Group has entered into an agreement to acquire eco-friendly paytech Sphere for Good (Sphere) for an implied value of $6 million, payable in Findi shares.
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.
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Oct 22, 2025
“Our message is clear: if you profit from illicit tobacco in Australia, you are operating illegally,” says Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.
Oct 15, 2025
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.
Payments industry leaders have welcomed the introduction of the Payday Super legislation to Parliament that will require employers to pay their employees’ super at the same time as their salary and wages from 1 July 2026.
PayPal has launched its new merchant platform PayPal Open in Australia, integrating a suite of commerce tools from the PayPal ecosystem.
