Chalmers reveals dates for bans on government and bank cheques Community & Social It’s crunch time for the humble bank cheque, as revenue agencies face their biggest infrastructure upheaval in 20 years.
NAB the next bank to send government-accredited digital identity live for customers October 17, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Are institutions looking to monetise ID transactions? You bet. Two banks have raced to switch on digital identity offerings. Buckle-up.
Commonwealth Bank leapfrogs delayed government digital identity launch with ConnectID October 13, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Banks are ready to clip the ticket — big time — on new mandated identity services, and milk the verification revenue stream.
Premium Insights and analysis Massive APS payroll migration still has no date October 10, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The RBA wants the public service to send payroll payments via the same network that runs PayID. Ten years on, there’s no stampede to switch.
Victoria flips its public transport ticketing provider May 16, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski News New Jersey-based Conduent Inc. is to be Victoria’s new transport ticketing provider, under a $1.7 billion, 15-year contract.
NSW tradie tickets and work licences next in line for digitisation push: Dominello December 6, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology More licences and trade certificates are headed to handsets as the outgoing NSW Customer Service minister clears the digital decks.
RBA outage autopsy reveals real-time payments mess November 29, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Australia’s central bank has found itself apologising to the very institutions it’s meant to police.
Reserve Bank expresses frustration with glacial PayTo adoption October 31, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Federal The Payment Systems Board’s annual report says take-up of the much-vaunted PayTo service is being impeded by the slow rollout at retail institutions.
PM&C, Treasury cast for new Dep Secs ahead of Budget October 21, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Editors' Picks You know the winds of change are beginning to blow through Barton when the casting call goes out for Band 3 Deputy Secretaries across central agencies.
Reserve Bank and New Payments Platform hit by major outage October 13, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology A serious outage has hit transactions running on the New Payments Platform-powered Osko service on pension day, as the RBA tries to clear a backlog.
Premium Insights and analysis Banks move to reassert political power through the bureaucracy October 6, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Banks are looking to renegotiate their social grand bargain with Canberra after a long spell in the stocks.
Ministers vow return to insourcing as Cashless Debit Card is cut up September 26, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social The government has moved to cut up the Cashless Debit Card, but its options to deliver income management are now hostage to the banks.
RBA backflip re-routes Apple Pay regulation September 19, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision means shopkeepers will have a basic choice in what cards they accept.
Premium Insights and analysis Revenue agencies face cost hikes amid uncertain BPAY future September 16, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The RBA is preparing to wave through the shuttering of the key infrastructure underpinning the much-loved low-cost BPAY platform.
Another accreditation ‘first’ for TDIF scheme September 28, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Stuart Robert’s vision of Australia being recognised as a ‘leading digital economy’ by 2030 is one step closer with eftpos getting TDIF accreditation.
