Afterpay, Apple Pay, Google Pay ‘drive adoption’ of new digital payment services
Afterpay, Apple Pay and Google Pay are driving the adoption of new digital payment services according to a new report that shows an increasing proportion of Australians are utilising new digital...
View ArticleSamsung Pay and Finder launch 'Promoted Cards', a new credit card shopping...
A first-of-its-kind feature in Australia has launched through Samsung Pay and comparison service Finder, promising to take "shopping for credit cards to the next level of convenience" via Samsung's...
View ArticleSamsung teams up with Finablr to offer money transfers in US
Global payments platform Finablr and Samsung Electronics America have launched a Money Transfer feature in Samsung Pay, whereby users in the US can send money to people in 47 other countries. At the...
View ArticleSamsung Pay taps on to Opal
A new update to the Samsung Pay app allows use with NSW Opal public transport terminals. The updated Samsung Pay app allows users to set a default payment card to tap on and off Opal terminals with...
View ArticleAustralians boost take-up of digital payments: report
A majority of Australians now use digital payments, according to a new report revealing that awareness of digital payments is now an almost universal 93.9%, with 72.4% using at least one digital...
View ArticleCBA folds, to offer Apple Pay from January 2019
The Commonwealth Bank appears to have thrown in the towel as far as keeping Apple Pay out goes, and has said the payment option will be made available to its own customers and those of Bankwest. In a...
View ArticleMobile payment survey predicts cash will be around for a long time
A survey of mobile payments by research service Venture Insights indicates that it will take much more than two decades for Australia to become a cashless society. The survey, conducted in September...
View ArticleCBA says tap and pay transactions have surged in six months
The Commonwealth Bank says there’s been a surge in tap and pay transactions over six months, with its own customers increasingly using their smartphones instead of their wallets when making payments....
View ArticleVIDEO INTERVIEW: Samsung Pay's Australian success also now available in six...
We recently spoke to Mark Hodgson, head of Samsung Pay in Australia, who shared his thoughts on the convenience of mobile wallets; in the meantime, Samsung has announced 1.3 billion Samsung Pay...
View ArticleSamsung nabs NAB as all four big banks now offer Samsung Pay
Samsung has nabbed victory by nabbing major Aussie bank NAB in its quest to see Australia's four big banks all offering access to Samsung Pay, as ever more consumers make payments via mobile devices....
View ArticleCUA offers PayID payments facility to members
Members of CUA, Australia’s largest credit union, can now register a PayID access, a faster, simple and smarter way to make and receive payments. After an initial rollout of PayID and faster payments...
View ArticleCBA adds Samsung Pay to MasterCard options
Commonwealth Bank MasterCard holders are now able to use Samsung Pay for transactions. Samsung Pay users can add their Commonwealth Bank MasterCard credit or debit cards to the app, and then make...
View ArticleLatitude launches 5th new payment platform for the year
Melbourne-based consumer finance business Latituide Financial Services has launched its fifth mobile payment platform this year, with the launch of Fitbit Pay and Garmin Pay. Latitude Managing Director...
View ArticleSamsung Pay taps on to Opal
A new update to the Samsung Pay app allows use with NSW Opal public transport terminals. The updated Samsung Pay app allows users to set a default payment card to tap on and off Opal terminals with...
View ArticleAustralians boost take-up of digital payments: report
A majority of Australians now use digital payments, according to a new report revealing that awareness of digital payments is now an almost universal 93.9%, with 72.4% using at least one digital...
View ArticleCBA folds, to offer Apple Pay from January 2019
The Commonwealth Bank appears to have thrown in the towel as far as keeping Apple Pay out goes, and has said the payment option will be made available to its own customers and those of Bankwest. In a...
View ArticleMobile payment survey predicts cash will be around for a long time
A survey of mobile payments by research service Venture Insights indicates that it will take much more than two decades for Australia to become a cashless society. The survey, conducted in September...
View ArticleCBA says tap and pay transactions have surged in six months
The Commonwealth Bank says there’s been a surge in tap and pay transactions over six months, with its own customers increasingly using their smartphones instead of their wallets when making payments....
View ArticleVIDEO INTERVIEW: Samsung Pay's Australian success also now available in six...
We recently spoke to Mark Hodgson, head of Samsung Pay in Australia, who shared his thoughts on the convenience of mobile wallets; in the meantime, Samsung has announced 1.3 billion Samsung Pay...
View ArticleSamsung nabs NAB as all four big banks now offer Samsung Pay
Samsung has nabbed victory by nabbing major Aussie bank NAB in its quest to see Australia's four big banks all offering access to Samsung Pay, as ever more consumers make payments via mobile devices....
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