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Sydney fintech Parpera goes into liquidation
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Sydney fintech Parpera goes into liquidation

Sydney-based Fintech Parpera has gone into voluntary liquidation after 5 years.

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Locally-focused IPSI certificated “Australian Made”
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Locally-focused IPSI certificated “Australian Made”

A quiet achiever in Australian payments industry, IPSI, has certified its products and services to carry the “Australian Made” logo, sending a strong message to the market about its local focus.

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Fiserv buys Pinch Payments and Glassbox
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Fiserv buys Pinch Payments and Glassbox

Fiserv has acquired Aussie payments outfit Pinch Payments, including its Payment Facilitator (Payfac) management platform, Glassbox.

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Carsales revs up $30m in sales with real time Monoova
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Carsales revs up $30m in sales with real time Monoova

It has taken a while but there appears to be positive momentum towards real time payments in online car sales to address very real customer pain points like having to carry large amounts of cash, or face annoying delays with traditional bank transfers.

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Sir John to advise on Bolt’s fintech charge
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Sir John to advise on Bolt’s fintech charge

Former New Zealand Prime Minister, Sir John Key, has joined Bolt Group’s Advisory Board as Chair, as the latest high-profile appointment to the fledgling Australian FinTech.

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Fat Zebra grazes SecurePay in latest buying spree
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Fat Zebra grazes SecurePay in latest buying spree

Fat Zebra has bought SecurePay from Australia Post in a bid to boost merchants.

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Fiserv in the Clover over Aussie small business potential
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Fiserv in the Clover over Aussie small business potential

Fiserv is finally launching it payments solution Clover in Australia, going head to head with the banks, Square, Tyro, Smartpay, Zeller and Stripe in the small business market.

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Australia regulates Crypto to unleash opportunities, while Washington moves to make the US the “Bitcoin superpower”
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Australia regulates Crypto to unleash opportunities, while Washington moves to make the US the “Bitcoin superpower”

Just after US President Donald Trump highlighted his very public support for cryptocurrency, the Australian Government has moved to regulate and “provide clarity and certainty to the digital assets sector”.

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Inquiry to adjudicate industry split over property settlement monopoly
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Inquiry to adjudicate industry split over property settlement monopoly

The members of a Senate Committee Inquiry face the daunting task of shaping the future of a cornerstone of the Australian economy – buying property - against a backdrop of industry discontent, outages and big business profits.

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Azupay and Gr4vy partner on NPP eCommerce solutions
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Azupay and Gr4vy partner on NPP eCommerce solutions

Azupay has teamed up with US platform Gr4vy to help bring real-time, account-to-account payment solutions to Australian eCommerce businesses.

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The devastating human impact of PEXA settlement outages
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The devastating human impact of PEXA settlement outages

A downsizing dream became a real estate settlement nightmare for two elderly Sydneysiders who were recently caught in one of PEXA’s regular outage “incidents”.

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RBA to intervene after ASX CHESS batch outage
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RBA to intervene after ASX CHESS batch outage

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will make regulatory interventions after a major operational incident hindered millions of ASX trades on 20 December 2024.