Blogs

Find out what we've been doing and read about what's happening in payments.

Fighting financial crime and online child exploitation

17 Jul, 2020

Financial crime is complex, multi-faceted and ever evolving, and includes a broad range of criminal activities. Through AusPayNet’s Fraud in Banking Forum (FBF), financial institutions, law enforcement and the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange work collaboratively to combat financial crime.
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COVID-19 and shifts in payment behaviour

26 May, 2020

"What is the new normal for payments post-Covid-19 and will the crisis prove to have been an opportunity for the industry?" That was the question posed by UK-based payments expert David Birch in our recent webinar discussing how the pandemic is changing consumer payment behaviour.
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Libra 2.0 – how has Facebook’s project changed?

18 May, 2020

When Facebook’s Libra project was first announced a year ago, it was met with intense scrutiny and regulatory pressure across the globe. One year on, Facebook has unveiled its newly redesigned Libra 2.0 project.
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New Australia-Singapore DEA looks to create opportunities for collaboration and growth.

07 May, 2020

Australia's digital exports are set to grow, with emerging technologies creating new digital trade opportunities. So what does the Digital Economy Agreement (DEA) with Singapore mean for payments?
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Chargebacks in the time of COVID-19

17 Apr, 2020

One payments-related concern arising from the COVID-19 pandemic is that the scale of chargebacks by cardholders could result in liquidity pressures on, and possible business failures of, merchants.
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Understanding challenges and opportunities for Fintech and Regtech in Australia

07 Apr, 2020

The Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology recently announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it has re-opened its inquiry submission process until 10 April 2020. As at March, the Committee had received 154 submissions.
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Australia’s move towards a less cash economy

30 Mar, 2020

The recently published RBA Consumer Payments Survey shows a further decline in cash use as consumers increasingly prefer digital payment methods. In 2019, 27% of all consumer payments were made with cash, down from 37% in 2016.
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Mobeewave mPOS solution to pilot in Australia

26 Feb, 2020

Canadian payments solutions provider, Mobeewave, in partnership with Samsung and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is set to pilot their mPOS solution in Australia. In this post, we look at the requirements of the certification process.
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6 Most Common Types of Fraud and Scams

14 Feb, 2020

With the goal of keeping online safety front of mind, we spoke to IDCARE’s Managing Director, David Lacey, about the top 6 issues that were reported to his organisation in 2019.
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Highlights from 2019 AusPayNet Summit

18 Dec, 2019

Our Summit on 10 December 2019 was a sell-out event bringing together over 300 local and international experts. Themed ‘Payments – the key to the best customer outcomes’, this significant event in the payments calendar sparked lively debate and compelling discussion.
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