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Cash mandate consultation live
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Cash mandate consultation live

Pre-empting a likely election issue, Treasury has kicked off its consultation on the Government planned cash mandate, publishing its discussion paper just before Christmas.

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Christmas expires in 3 years
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Christmas expires in 3 years

Gift cards are big business, but the money is made is when you don’t use them.

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First insights into PayTo growth - slow but steady
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First insights into PayTo growth - slow but steady

PayTo has been around for almost two years now, and new data from the RBA has shown a slow start for life for the real-time, direct debit payment technology.

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Interchange regulation alone won’t be enough to tackle card fees
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Interchange regulation alone won’t be enough to tackle card fees

Interchange fees have long been the focal point for regulators seeking to control merchant payment costs. However, mounting evidence suggests that regulating these fees alone has been insufficient to curb overall payment expenses that are now estimated at $6.4 billion each year in Australia.

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Monthly Payments Data Report
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Monthly Payments Data Report

The RBA released its Retail Payments data as at November 2024 on the 10th of January. Here are the latest results.

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Law Council advocates transparency in card payments fees
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Law Council advocates transparency in card payments fees

The Law Council of Australia has lodged a submission with the Reserve Bank of Australia, calling for greater transparency of wholesale fees and warning that a ban on surcharging will result in higher prices for consumers.

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60,000 cards may be impacted by eftpos mobile glitch on New Year’s Eve
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60,000 cards may be impacted by eftpos mobile glitch on New Year’s Eve

Banks are asking 60,000 consumers to delete and reload their debit cards in mobile wallets, to ensure they still work from News Year’s Day.

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ANZ launches "ultra-fast" global payments via NPP
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ANZ launches "ultra-fast" global payments via NPP

ANZ has announced the expansion of ANZ Express Payments, with inbound cross-border payments from all AUD Clearing Services customers, up to AUD$500, now processed in near-real time, 7 days a week.

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Fees charged by card schemes under increased regulatory scrutiny around the world
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Fees charged by card schemes under increased regulatory scrutiny around the world

The giants of the payment card industry, Visa and Mastercard are under an intensifying spotlight in a range of jurisdictions, including the UK, EU and Australia, with a key focus on the opaque scheme fees these companies dictate to banks and merchants. At least 80% of these fees are borne by merchants.

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Get some rest during the holidays because 2025 will be a big year for payments
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Get some rest during the holidays because 2025 will be a big year for payments

Some well-earned rest may be needed for payments industry executives and policy boffins over the holidays, before they face a very busy 2025.

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Mobile payments used to be less 'painful' than using cash. That might be changing.
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Mobile payments used to be less 'painful' than using cash. That might be changing.

The act of handing over hard-earned cash has long been associated with pain. And historically, research has also found that consumers tended to spend less using cash rather than a payment card.

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payFURL partners with Mastercard to launch comprehensive suite of innovative payment solutions
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payFURL partners with Mastercard to launch comprehensive suite of innovative payment solutions

payFURL has partnered with Mastercard to support the roll-out of three cutting-edge, innovative payment solutions in Australia: Mastercard Click to Pay, Mastercard Secure Card on File and Mastercard Payment Passkeys Service.

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