EFTPOS Provider Smartpay Hit By Cyber Attack, Customer Data Stolen
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June 19, 2023
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Australia’s largest independent EFTPOS provider has suffered a “ransomware cyber incident” that resulted in the theft of customer information. The “cybersecurity incident”... Read More
Apple Introduces Tap to Pay On iPhone In Australia
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May 17, 2023
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Apple has introduced Tap to Pay on iPhone in Australia, giving merchants the ability to accept Apple Pay, contactless credit and bank... Read More
CommBank Takes On Block With $59 Portable Payment Terminal
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March 6, 2023
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The Commonwealth Bank has launched the Smart Mini, a portable payment terminal offering small businesses an easy way to accept card payments.... Read More
Tyro Shares Climb As It Upgrades FY23 Guidance
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January 16, 2023
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Tyro Payments has upgraded its FY23 earnings guidance this morning, resulting in stocks jumping by 10.7 per cent. The forecast transaction value... Read More
20+ Major Aussie Retailers Did Dodgy Mastercard Deals: ACCC
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May 30, 2022
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Mastercard is being taken to court by the ACCC for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive conduct in the supply of debit card acceptance services.... Read More
Paying By QR Code: Aus Retailers Trial New Tech
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October 13, 2021
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The QR code looks to be a failed technology before the pandemic. Like the MiniDisc before it, it had tried and failed... Read More
ACCC Gives Thumbs Up To Big Payments Merger
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September 9, 2021
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The ACCC has greenlit a massive merger between Australia’s three largest payment systems providers: eftpos, BPay, and NPPA. The competition watchdog has... Read More
ACCC Seeks Input On Eftpos Mega-Merger
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August 6, 2021
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The ACCC is looking into a court-enforceable undertaking offered for the proposed merger of eftpos, BPAY, and New Payments Platform Australia Ltd... Read More
New Beem It CEO Plans National Rewards Program
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July 27, 2021
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The new CEO of payments platform Beem It, Mark Britt has kicked off plans for national Aussie rewards program Eftpos, which purchased... Read More
Payment Platforms Seek Merger
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March 25, 2021
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Australia’s three major payment organisations – BPay, Eftpos and the New Payments Platform Australia – are asking the Competition and Consumer Commission’s... Read More