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Australia is one of the 15 "priority markets" for HSBC, says the UK-based banking group. read more

The Australian Office of Financial Management says it expects to issue around A$50 billion in treasury bonds during the 2014 financial year. read more

Improvement in mobile technology is the top investment priority for financial services organisations, research released by Telstra suggests. read more

Business conditions for US payment processor Wright Express are softening after a period of growth. CEO Mike Dubyak told an investor conference that the Australian market had been quite strong but w.. read more

New Zealand will get a further payments brand to promote the take up of contactless payments in the country. read more

The Use of contactless payments is on the rise. They now account for 50 per cent of all MasterCard and Visa card payments at Coles. read more

The Australian government expects the face value of treasury bonds on issue to rise to around A$260 billion at June 2014, up from $233 billion at June 2013, Treasury projected in last night's budget.. read more

The Eftpos Payments scheme is to have a crack at instigating mobile phone payments as a real option in Australia, with plans to foster an Eftpos-branded mobile wallet and near field communications w.. read more

Banks using the proposed real-time payments system will have to provide extensive support for the system to achieve the 100 per cent uptime experienced by the Faster Payments system in the UK. read more

National Australia Bank has lost its most recent court battle in a long-running effort by the bank to earn a return on a speculative 18-year-old investment in a technology company. read more