NOT FOR PROFIT: The pandemic has disrupted donation drives and crowdfunding initiatives, preventing schools, churches, community groups, and charities from receiving beneficiary aid.
Global payments firm VISA has launched Click to Pay in Australia, what it describes as "a simpler and more secure online checkout experience".
Sydney public transport commuters using their credit card or mobile device to ‘tap on and off’ Opal enabled train, light rail, Sydney Metro and ferry services are set to receive the same Opal travel benefits as they would using their adult Opal card.
Commuters in Sydney will now be able to use their credit cards or mobile phones to tap on and off on metro train services, instead of using their Opal cards, after the contactless payments trial run by Transport for NSW and the Commonwealth Bank, Cubic and Mastercard was extended.
Samsung’s mobile payment solution, Samsung Pay, has launched in Australia with American Express and Citibank.
CommBank has added Amex to its Android app and more, the day after Amex cards issued by Amex went live on Apple Pay in Australia.
If you’re in Australia, and you have a compatible iPhone or Apple Watch, and you’re an AMEX customer, Apple Pay is coming before year’s end.
Spruik something about your business to promote and sell your products and services and it could win you anywhere between $1,000 and $25,000 to boost your coffers for another round of promotion.
New integration between American Express and TripAdvisor provides cardholders with rewards and assures other TripAdvisor users that reviews were written by people who have actually done business with the establishment.
Major credit card companies have bowed to US government pressure to block payments to Wikileaks, but they are perfectly happy to accept donations to the modern incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan.