The COIN is next generation connectivity for Australian payments.
The Community of Interest Network (COIN) is a high availability, managed network for multilateral secure transmission of payment files between payments participants.
Designed as collaborative core infrastructure for the future of Australia’s low-value payments, the COIN provides an alternative to point-to-point connectivity between payments participants.
Currently the COIN provides network services and connectivity for our frameworks for cheques, direct entry, and domestic cards. It also provides the network for BPAY bill payments.
The COIN operates independently from our other payments framework and is open to all participants in the payments system. We provides the rules, procedures and decision-making framework enabling participation in the COIN.
Telstra provides the IP-based virtual private network for the COIN.
"High-value payments total around $122 billion every day, but only number about 38,000 transactions."
High value payments are generally made between financial institutions either for themselves or for their corporate customers including overseas banks.
Payments made through the system are mainly for the Australian dollar leg of foreign exchange transactions. High-value payments:
AusPayNet sets the rules and procedures for the High Value Clearing System (HVCS). The objective is to provide a best practice, efficient and highly secure electronic payments system for the Australian finance industry.
In February 2020, the RBA appointed AusPayNet as the central coordination authority in a major industry program to migrate HVCS messaging to ISO 20022. More information is available here.
112 months to end April 2021
The direct entry system carries the majority of consumer payments by value.
Direct entry is a convenient, safe and reliable way to send and receive payments.
The system is commonly used by businesses to make recurring, automated payments to and from everyday transaction accounts. These include salary and welfare payments (direct credits), insurance premiums and utility bills (direct debits), and internet (Pay Anyone) banking services.
To make and collect payments, a business needs to be approved as a direct entry user by a financial institution. To set-up direct debit arrangements, customers complete a Direct Debit Request (DDR) authority with the business that will be collecting payments from their account.
We coordinate the rules and processes for direct entry payments through the Bulk Electronic Clearing System (BECS). Other payment systems for electronic transfers are operated by BPAY and PayPal.
Cheque use is declining rapidly as Australia's digital economy takes hold.
Fewer Australians are paying with cash than ever before with cash now accounting for just 27% of all payments.
Payment cards have overtaken cash as the most frequently used payment method in Australia.
Debit cards and credit cards are the most common payment method used by Australians today.
Most in-person payments are ‘contactless’, online shopping is increasingly popular and mobile payments are gaining traction.
Financial institutions issue debit cards and credit cards supported by the international card schemes (Visa, MasterCard), as well as debit cards supported by the domestic debit card scheme, eftpos Payments Australia. Charge cards are issued by American Express, Diners Club, JCB and others.
Dual-network debit cards have point-of-sale debit functionality from the domestic debit card scheme network and an international card scheme network. Merchants are able to send a dual-network contactless debit card transaction via the debit network of their choice, for example, because that network offers the lower cost for that transaction.
More information about merchant routing is available here.
Australian Payments Network is at the heart of the payments system.
Local and global policy trends are shaping the future of payments.
As the payments system rapidly evolves, the views and expectations of policymakers, regulators and the broader public are undergoing a similar shift. Local and global policy trends are increasingly shaping the future of payments.
As the industry association and self-regulatory body, AusPayNet works with industry stakeholders, government regulators and the wider community to provide thought leadership and policy development for the payments industry. Our aim is to foster an efficient, effective payment system.
As part of this role, we:
As the payments landscape becomes more diverse, the range of organisations we bring together continues to expand.
Participation in AusPayNet activities is open to a diverse range of organisations. There are four broad categories of membership, which you can explore below.
By joining our network, organisations have the opportunity to: