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Commonwealth Bank has taken a 20% stake in fintech Paypa Plane in a move aimed at increasing the uptake of the New Payments Platform's PayTo service.

Australia-founded payments company Till Payments has acquired Ziosk's Zips payment processing business unit.

New retail data from Eftpos has revealed the Black Friday sales surge moved beyond online to music shops, fashion outlets, department stores and appliance retailers

A powerful new Artificial Intelligence-driven counter-fraud capability designed to stop online crooks in their tracks was today switched on by Aussie debit payments scheme eftpos, as the organisation "doubles on security smarts to help level the battlefield for consumers, merchants and crime fighters."

Bank of Queensland (BOQ) is migrating its debit cards management to the FirstVision platform from payments and financial services technology provider Fiserv in a move it says will bring an enhanced set of capabilities to debit card holders.

COMPANY NEWS:  Entrust, a global leader in trusted identity, payments and data protection, today announced its expansion to the travel industry with its Seamless Travel Solution, a fully-digital travel service. This solution enables a touchless and seamless experience for travelers by minimizing contact points, while bringing simplicity and greater security for border control, immigration and travel service provider operations.

Digital payments company Limepay has appointed Willie Pang as its CEO.

Debit card operator eftpos says several big name banks, retailers and fintechs are supporting the rollout of the eQR QR payments platform.

Ninenty-one percent of employees around the world are in favour of a hybrid work environment, but cite challenges to security and productivity, according to a new study by secure identity, payments and data protection company Entrust.

Ecommerce payments provider Eway has finalised an agreement with CRM platform provider Keap that will see Eway become the preferred payment provider for its customers in Australia and New Zealand. 

Health insurer nib health funds has made its member cards available in Apple Wallet.

Loyalty and offers platform provider OpenSparkz has appointed Henrik Berglind to the position of Commercial Partnerships Lead.

Procurement and supply chain management solution provider Coupa says the Budget’s Office of Supply Chain Resilience announcement falls short, and that it “needs teeth and details on application of advanced tech.”

Australia’s competition regulator, the ACCC, has granted interim authorisation for Country Press Australia (CPA) members to collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google over payments to publishers for their news content that appears on the platforms.  

Card payments company Square reports a significant increase in the proportion of businesses that are effectively cashless.

The competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has concluded its investigation into Adventium - the owner of online booking platform Website Travel - after Adventium paid approximately $6.5 million of withheld payments to over 350 Australian tour operators.

Debit card system provider eftpos will launch two anti-fraud tools later this year to help make online payments more secure.

Melbourne based fintech Airwallex has completed its acquisition of Hong Kong prepaid card operator UniCard Solution.

Sydney-based savings fintech Nudge is partnering with payments provider Monoova in a deal the company says will enable it to deliver faster payments-processing times and offer a broader feature set to its “growing base” of Australian savers.

Report ranking based on market dynamics, trends and competitive landscape across a variety of sectors

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - GUEST RESEARCH: Entrust, a leading provider of trusted identities, payments and data protection, today announced it has been named the clear technology winner in the the Quadrant Knowledge Solutions 2020 SPARK Matrix™:IoT Identity & Access Management report. In the report, Entrust scored the highest in ratings across the various performance parameters and has been positioned as the overall technology leader in the global Internet of Things (IoT) Identity and Access Management (IAM) market based on its solutions offering, market presence and customer value proposition.