Eftpos

• Ian Rogers

Interchange will be in the spotlight in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s upcoming review of payments fees and payments regulation. read more

• Ian Rogers

Following its entry into Eftpos and the New Payments Platform, JP Morgan Australia is poised to enter the acquiring business. read more

• Ian Rogers

The federal government expects banks and payments providers to voluntarily end surcharging on debit payments by the end of 2025. read more

• Ian Rogers

Jerome Laxale, the Labor MP for Bennelong and a member of the House Economics Committee yesterday announced the beginning of a “campaign for fee-free digital payment reform.” read more

• Ian Rogers

Ellis Connolly, the Reserve Bank’s head of payments policy touched on every hot-button issue in online payments in a speech yesterday, one that foreshadows “a holistic review” on the Reserve Bank’s ap.. read more

• Ian Rogers

A clutch of opinionated voices have formed the Independent Payments Forum. They are Brad Kelly, Warwick Ponder, Russell Zimmerman, and Peter Drennan. A trio of influential small business associations.. read more

• Ian Rogers

In a vindication of one of the most patient disruption plays in domestic payments, Quest Payments has won a whole of government contract to supply payments devices and related support services across.. read more

• John Kavanagh

The Reserve Bank is open to the prospect of limiting the use of surcharging by merchants, with one option to prohibit surcharging on debit card transactions. read more

• George Lekakis

Thousands of retailers and professional service providers across the country were unable to accept card payments on Wednesday after a telecommunications outage paralysed merchant terminals operated by.. read more

• George Lekakis

Two of Australia’s major banks are considering whether to offer discounted interchange fees for small businesses under a special program currently being rolled out by Visa. read more

• George Lekakis

Global card scheme giant Visa Inc has begun offering big incentives to some local small and medium sized retailers choosing to route their debit payments to its processing network. read more

• George Lekakis

Exponential market share gains in online payments processing made by domestic debit scheme Eftpos appear to have induced price responses from Visa and Mastercard. read more

• George Lekakis

Australian Payments Plus has revealed its debit payments processing subsidiary – Eftpos - is reclaiming market share from global giants Visa and Mastercard. read more

• John Kavanagh

The Reserve Bank has made progress in its campaign to embed least cost routing in the Australian payments system, announcing yesterday that Visa and Mastercard have given undertakings that they will n.. read more

• George Lekakis

The failure of local banks to improve the efficiency of debit card processing for Australian merchants since 2017 has prompted the Reserve Bank to widen its payments reform agenda. read more

• George Lekakis

Westpac might be on a collision course with the Reserve Bank over its decision to introduce a flat rate charge of 1.4 per cent on merchants using their mobile phone as a payment terminal. read more

• Ian Rogers

The arrival of Pago Eftpos may prove a landmark in the taut world of payments. read more

• George Lekakis

Mastercard has filed a formal statement of defence in the Federal Court action brought against it by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for alleged anti-competitive conduct in the debi.. read more

• George Lekakis

Australia’s largest native payments provider – Australian Payments Plus – generated a big surge in top-line revenue last year, but a costs blowout plunged the group to a negative bottom line result. read more

• George Lekakis

The industry debate between banks and small business groups over merchant fees is set to escalate after the Australian Banking Association accused independent research firm - CMSPI - of “inflating” th.. read more