Displaying items by tag: Payments

Reinforcing its strategy to accept all payment types in response to merchant needs, business-only bank Tyro has entered an agreement with the world’s largest mobile and online payment platform, Alipay.

Cloud accounting provider Xero now offers GoCardless integration to its Australian users.

Blockchain deployments will enable banks to realise savings on cross-border settlement transactions of more than US$27 billion by the end of 2030, reducing costs by more than 11% per on-chain transaction, according to a newly released global report.

Global payments company Swift is to collaborate with companies and banks in the testing of an enhanced multi-bank standard aimed at further improving cross-border payments experience for multi-banked corporates.

New Zealand-based accounting software company Xero says that small businesses are plagued by processes that are unnecessarily inefficient and the prolific use of analogue processes that digital solutions can simplify.

Vodafone has "revamped" its approach to tablets, no longer following the blood-sucking vampire telcos that lock devices to mobile services plans for two years.

Australian-listed logistics and supply chain management provider Yojee has forged an Innovation Framework Agreement with the United Parcel Service subsidiary, UPS Asia Group, to facilitate ongoing technology collaboration.

Cyber security firm Proofpoint has uncovered a new cryptocurrency giveaway scam targeting ethereum and bitcoin, which it says uses emails and Twitter to trick victims into providing a small payment in exchange for a much larger payout, or return payment.

Payments company Square has announced it is "expanding operations in Australia (and) opening a new, larger headquarters to support the growing team in Melbourne, which will include the company’s first engineering hub outside North America".

Members of CUA, Australia’s largest credit union, can now register a PayID access, a faster, simple and smarter way to make and receive payments.

The old Android Pay is set to become Google Pay, allowing you to go ogle Google's new way to pay, coming soon to you via Google Play.

CUA, FCCS, Nexus Mutual, People’s Choice Credit Union, SCU More Generous Banking, and Woolworths Employee’s Credit Union are the six financial institutions now offering Apple Pay to members.

Australia's largest credit union CUA has "expanded its mobile wallet offering to members", adding Apple Pay for its eftpos rediCARD holders.

I noticed yesterday on the home page of Bendigo Bank that Apple Pay had finally arrived, so I set it up, which was effortless, and I've been using it via Apple Watch since!

Just in time for the Amazon onslaught comes Kogan, choosing the new way for customers to pay for goods purchased, in what is yet another big win for the Zip platform.

eftpos payments are now available on Android Pay, with ANZ and Cuscal being "the first Australian financial institutions to make the service available to eftpos-only cardholders". 

We're told it's rare for there to be a dispute on the eftpos network, but to ensure any such disputes are resolved quickly and easily, eftpos has launched a new service for a better consumer experience.

Adyen says it is "the payments platform choice for the world's leading companies", with this platform choosing to add eftpos, giving merchants and their customers more payment choices.

With eftpos the most widely used debit card system in Australia, ANZ Access customers can now CHQ and SAV their transactions using iPhones, Apple Watch and Apple Pay.

It's hip to be Square as the company expands its local presence, introduces "more products and services" and rolls out Square Stand availability across Australia via online and Officeworks.