Payments
Opinion
Opinion
Why the RBA needs powers over Apple and Google’s payments forays
Tensions between the banks and Apple are bubbling up to the surface as the government prepares to give the RBA powers over digital wallets.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Analysis
Analysis
New digital ID methods could help stem scam losses
Industry bodies are hoping the introduction of new digital identification methods will stem the amount of money lost to scams.
- by John Collett
Tenants feel forced onto fee-charging rent payment apps
The NSW Minister for Fair Trading and Better Regulation said he was seeking advice from Fair Trading about the sign-up emails.
- by Mary Ward
Skyrocketing Sydney council rates bills trigger independent investigation
Ratepayers face a 93 per cent hike in rate bills in one Sydney council area after the state’s independent pricing regulator approved increases to levies.
- by Megan Gorrey
Can’t afford Perth public schools’ ‘hidden fees’ this year? Read this
An aspiring AFL player and lawyer are getting help to deal with the “hidden costs” of their Perth public schooling, but they are just the tip of the iceberg.
- by Holly Thompson
Cash or cheque? Neither as money use goes digital
Only 13 per cent of payments for goods and services in Australia last year used cash. Still, the amount of cash in circulation is near record levels.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Private banking
The chequebook is dead. The real victims are Top Gun and breakfast TV
My first thought upon hearing of the death of the chequebook was the same one that occurs every time an elderly celebrity carks it.
- by Andrew Hansen
Tyro’s second takeover approach tumbles at eleventh hour
Private equity firm Potentia Capital has walked away from the Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed fintech Tyro Payments after gaining access to its books.
- by Millie Muroi
‘Another nail in the cash coffin’: Businesses can now take payments on their iPhones
Apple is switching on technology that allows Australian businesses to accept contactless credit card payments on their iPhones.
- by Clancy Yeates
‘Game changer’: Smartphones take on new role in payments battle
First, smartphones were transformed into digital wallets, now technology giants and banks want to turn phones into devices that can receive payments as well.
- by Clancy Yeates
EML Payments dumps CEO as part of strategic overhaul
Chief executive Emma Shand is leaving EML Payments after only nine months in the job, as the revamped board of the embattled fintech looks to get back to basics.
- by Clancy Yeates