BPAY

• George Lekakis

Small business groups have responded to the proposed merger of Eftpos, NPP and BPay with “cynicism” and “concern”, saying they fear it has potential to remove competitive tension in the payments marke.. read more

• George Lekakis

The major banks have a record of contriving customer outcomes in the payments industry that run counter to the public interest, and little more than a decade since they scuttled Bankcard, this time Ef.. read more

• Ian Rogers

Australia Post is scouting for a buyer for its POLi Payments service, five years after acquiring the business. read more

• George Lekakis

Heavy investment in the Osko instant payments platform and two other business startups pushed BPAY Group to a small loss last year. read more

• Banking Day staff

Paul Lahiff, the chair of NPP Australia is leaving for a new job in banking, and celebrating - at Sibos - scrappy data on the take-up of PayID's and the number and value of Osko payments. read more

• George Lekakis

BPAY Group chief executive John Banfield has unveiled a new blueprint to drive business growth at the bill payments company after launching two digital businesses under a collaboration agreement with.. read more

• George Lekakis

In a double whammy for the big banks that dominate the payments cards space, all card interchange fees will be abolished by the end of next year, while merchant fees may also be capped. read more

• Banking Day staff

There are currently nearly 65 financial institutions offering services via the New Payments Platform, and this is set to grow further in coming weeks, says NPP Australia. read more

• Ian Rogers

BPay have confirmed 'Osko' as the branding for the first "overlay" service on the New Payments Platform, which is set to kick off from October. The long discussed Eftpos wallet may also reach the mass.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Another 15 financial institutions will connect to Android Pay over the next few weeks - all of them using a service provided by Cuscal. The payments company was the third-party service provider for 25.. read more

MasterCard and Visa probably won't be entertaining lengthy thoughts of an appeal over the Federal Court's decision on Friday to dismiss the application by the card schemes to overturn the Reserve Bank.. read more