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NBN Co only expects 400,000 FTTN users to have active fibre services by 2024
NBN Co to provide "instant online quotes" for Technology Choice upgrades
Details of NBN Co's $3bn FTTN upgrade are still undecided
Vic govt to merge IT buying registers, replace procurement cloud platform
Uneven progress among members hampers EU's digital ambitions
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First banks, retailers jump on eftpos' digital payments offering
Recurring payments first off the rank.
Aug 24 2020 12:45PM
EU banks to take on Visa, Mastercard with new payments system
Expected to be operational in 2022.
Jul 3 2020 6:49AM
Mastercard to buy fintech Finicity in $1.1bn deal
Helps banks share customer data with other financial firms.
Jun 24 2020 9:38AM
eftpos to halve contactless fees from July
Fires pricing broadside into global credit card schemes.
May 27 2020 2:40PM
Mastercard's Scandinavian e-pay deal in EU antitrust crosshairs
Significant threat to competition in Europe based on information from six countries.
Apr 7 2020 6:40AM
Woolworths, Coles to raise tap-and-go limit to $200
In bid to halt COVID-19 spread from payment terminals.
Apr 2 2020 6:56PM
eftpos reveals new push into digital identity
Could create common ID utility infrastructure for banks.
Feb 26 2020 1:12PM
Mastercard to add 1500 technology jobs in Ireland
Over the next three to five years.
Feb 25 2020 1:15PM
Visa breaks ranks over payments security
Starts sledging rivals as competition bites.
Feb 18 2020 6:45AM
RBA looks to rid Visa, Mastercard of forced routing for tap payments
Loses patience with $500m gouge.
Feb 6 2020 6:45AM
Swiping their way higher: Visa, Mastercard could be the next $1 trillion companies
If they maintain recent pace of price growth after gaining 50 percent in last year.
Feb 3 2020 6:45AM
Under the hood of CBA's US$300m Klarna play
Orchestrating a humane exit from dependency on legacy credit card tech.
Jan 31 2020 7:02AM
Mastercard joins with Australia Post on digital identity, but who's using what is deeply unclear
Commonwealth Bank, Mastercard's biggest issuer, not mentioned either.
Dec 12 2019 9:00AM
CBA now paying some customers to use Apple Pay
As rivals spruik cashback for transit taps.
Nov 22 2019 7:00AM
API days for eftpos plan to undercut Afterpay
Kids stolen your old Bon Jovi shirt? Your debit card could be next ...
Oct 25 2019 1:29PM
Facebook's Libra faces support test after payment giants jump ship
Faces a pivotal meeting of backers on Monday after severe setback.
Oct 15 2019 6:59AM
EBay, Stripe join PayPal in exiting Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra
More setbacks amid major backer exodus.
Oct 14 2019 6:45AM
Visa, Mastercard reconsider backing Facebook's Libra - WSJ
Credit card giants feel global regulatory heat.
Oct 2 2019 1:05PM
India tells tech firms to protect user privacy, prevent abuse
As government draws up a data privacy law and pushes local data storage.
Sep 20 2019 6:55AM
Visa, Mastercard pile into fintech Plaid
Disclosed as strategic investors in a $250 million round of financing in December.
Sep 17 2019 6:59AM
