Business slow to fully adopt e-payments 30 April 2015 3:56PM A survey of over 600 Australian organisations has revealed a curiously low rate of electronic payment acceptance. read more
New Payments Platform triggers $3bn banktech upgrades 30 April 2015 3:55PM Australia's banks will spend A$3 billion updating their payments systems over the next three years. read more
NAB and Xero join forces to automate bank feeds 22 April 2015 3:40PM National Australia Bank has signed a deal with accounting software company Xero that will allow the bank's business customers to apply online for automatic bank feeds and, if approved, start receiving.. read more
Finding the right technical skills will be the fintech hub acid test 15 April 2015 3:55PM When Kim Heras established Sydney's first fintech meetup in 2013 around 100 people signed up. Two years on there are 689 members of the group. read more
Payments innovator Ripple to open in Sydney 07 April 2015 3:31PM Digital payments upstart Ripple is setting up its Asia Pacific subsidiary in Sydney under the leadership of Dilip Rao, and is now looking for specialist programmers and analysts to work with companies.. read more
CBA's Albert payment terminal comes to market 01 April 2015 4:58PM Commonwealth Bank yesterday released the Albert point-of-sale device, which is available for a starting fee of $37.50 per month for a simple merchant plan. read more
PayPal calls for e-payments code to be compulsory 31 March 2015 4:50PM PayPal wants Apple and all other companies offering digital wallets to be compelled to adhere to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's e-payments code of conduct before being allowed.. read more
CBA's Albert in 987-day countdown from promise to launch 27 March 2015 4:43PM Next month, on 13 April, it will be 1,000 days since Commonwealth Bank first announced its Albert point of sale device. read more
CommBank loses contactless sticker, keeps PIN 12 March 2015 6:08PM Commonwealth Bank has moved the goalposts for contactless payments. read more
BOQ's cloud computing experiment fails to clear hurdles 02 March 2015 4:32PM The Bank of Queensland's three-year offshore cloud computing experiment is over, costing the bank A$10 million. read more