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News

CBA and Telstra Trial Scam Indicator

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is exploring a Scam Indicator solution able to protect its joint with Telstra clients from phone scams and mitigate customer losses of up to $15-20 million

News

Mastercard Integrates With a Stablecoin Digital Wallet

Mastercard collaborated with the Australian stablecoin platform Stables to allow retail customers in the APAC region to spend their stablecoins

News

NAB Completes Cross-Border Multicurrrency Stablecoin Pilot

The National Australian Bank (NAB) has completed an intrabank cross-border transaction using its minted stablecoin.

Reports

Australian Taxation Office Implements Crypto Monitoring

The Australian Taxation Office is taking measures to monitor crypto transactions and ensure tax law compliance when it comes to digital assets with the help of a new data-matching tool

News

BNPL Platform Affirm Quits Australia

The American Buy Now, Pay Later Affirm platform announced its withdrawal from the Australian financial services market.

News

ANZ to Trial Offline CBDC Payments

ANZ has established cooperation with two universities to test CBDC offline payments using smart cards, which can be loaded with funds and used as cash.

Finance & Economics

Westpac Announces Initiatives To Back Women Business Leaders

Westpac announced new measures to help female-led SMBs with dedicated start-up and scale-up loans, as research reveals accessing finance is one of the main challenges for women in business

News

Westpac Tests New Security Feature

Westpac is testing additional security layer for online payments to alert customers of potential scams, as customer losses to fraud reached a new record high in December

Fintech & Ecommerce

Canadian Fintech Nuvei Launches in Australia

Canadian fintech company Nuvei, announced that businesses operating in Australia can now access its full suite of payments solutions, continuing its global expansion strategy

Fintech & Ecommerce

Western Union and Beforepay Launch ‘Send Now Pay Later’ in Australia

Global remittance provider Western Union has partnered with the Australian ethical lending fintech Beforepay to offer consumers an innovative credit solution ‘Send Now Pay Later’

News

NatWest and NAB Recommend Australia to Create Organization Modeled on OBIE

NatWest Bank and National Australia Bank (NAB) of Australia announced the need to consider the possibility of creating an organization in the Australian financial system like the British OBIE, which would help ensure the maximum level of efficiency of interaction between industry representatives and regulatory authorities.

Finance & Economics

Shift Raises A$27 Million

Shift, a provider of credit and payment platforms for Australian businesses, has attracted investments in the amount of AUD$27 million following the results of the Series C financing round.

News

Westpac Adds BNPL Functionality to Credit Cards

Westpac is giving credit card owners the opportunity to pay off their bills in four monthly BNPL instalments

News

BNPL Firm Openpay Falls Into Receivership

The Australian operator BNPL Openpay declared bankruptcy a few days after reports of a record quarterly profit.

News

Australia Introduces Classification for Crypto Assets

Australia’s national regulators have identified four major products in the crypto sector.

Finance & Economics

NAB to Release Its Stablecoin

The National Bank of Australia plans to issue stablecoin in the summer of 2023.