Outages

News about payments outages and their effect

Digital & Online

RBA outage delays some payments for four days

Feb 4, 2026

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RBA outage delays some payments for four days

Pays were late and property settlements delayed after a 7 hour Reserve Bank outage last week caused flow-on impacts across the industry for up to four days.

Digital & Online

Aussie eftpos moves on outage risks with Stand-in Processing but will card issuers play?

Jan 7, 2026

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Aussie eftpos moves on outage risks with Stand-in Processing but will card issuers play?

In an increasingly less-cash world, Australia’s domestic card network eftpos has moved to reduce the impact of bank outages with a new Stand-in Processing feature - but will card issuers be willing to wear the risk?

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Massive year in payments but 2026 looms even larger

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.

Digital & Online

ATO urges employers to move early on payday super or risk compliance nightmare

Nov 26, 2025

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ATO urges employers to move early on payday super or risk compliance nightmare

Employers have been warned to move early on payday super, with the ATO expecting 25 times the number of rejected contribution payments and payroll platforms pre-empting cash flow management issues.

Digital & Online

Triple Zero woes raise questions over critical payments infrastructure

Nov 26, 2025

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Triple Zero woes raise questions over critical payments infrastructure

Australia’s critical infrastructure regime covers 13 sectors including financial services, but is the regime in the sector as strong and resilient as Australians need their payments infrastructure to be?

Fintech

ANZ outage highlights digital payments cloud concentration by three major suppliers

Oct 29, 2025

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ANZ outage highlights digital payments cloud concentration by three major suppliers

Amazon and Microsoft host the lion’s share of digital payments infrastructure amid concerns about data sovereignty and outages.