Emerging Payments Association launches in Asia 29 October 2018 4:38PM The Emerging Payments Association, a well-established lobbying and networking group for the industry in Europe and Africa, is extending its reach to Asia - starting with Australia, Hong Kong, Japan an.. read more
Business catches up with NPP 24 October 2018 5:53PM Now it has been up and running for nearly a year, banks and innovative customers are "hacking" the NPP for creative payments approaches. read more
Banks pressed on payments upgrades 23 October 2018 5:16PM A majority of banks believe their payments infrastructure will need to be replaced or renewed by 2021, but cannot make a clear business case to support the necessary investment, a new report contends. read more
Australian banks lack vision and strategy: analysis 19 October 2018 6:16PM If Australia's major banks have retained any vestiges of complacency, that will be rubbed out by the comments from the Lafferty Banking 500, which rated 500 banks from 73 countries for their overall q.. read more
Comment: Major banks' positions on sustainability not sustainable 19 October 2018 6:15PM Two of Australia's Big Four banks appear to have discovered this week that glossy sustainability reports and fine sounding media releases on climate change initiatives might finally have a real price.. read more
Identitii's 'Know Your Transaction' overlay leads to ASX float 18 October 2018 6:28PM Emerging "regtech" Identitii Limited can now be added to the growing band of ASX listed Australian start-ups, now that 25 per cent of the company has been floated. read more
Liberty picks up where banks can't follow 18 October 2018 6:25PM Non-bank, non-ADI lender, Liberty Financial, has reported a 10 per cent increase in its consolidated pre-tax profit in 2018 of A$83.9 million, up from $76.3 million in 2017, courtesy of business the b.. read more
Visa teams up with payment gateways against online fraud 18 October 2018 6:23PM Global credit card issuer and provider Visa will enlist a group of multi-national and local payments systems providers to work on a project to make "the online payment experience easier and more secur.. read more
Australia remains a high growth, non-cash role model 17 October 2018 6:04PM While most of the developed world is experiencing steady mid-single figure growth in non-cash transactions, Australia continues to power ahead at more than 10 per cent annually and shows no signs of s.. read more
Trade credit risk ramps up 17 October 2018 6:03PM Slackening trade credit management and an unwillingness among debt recovery teams to chase down difficult business debts are two trends to emerge from a mid-year survey of 300 trade credit managers by.. read more