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A payments expert's experience of Black Hat

28 Aug, 2019

This year we sent one of our Security and Compliance team members to Black Hat in Las Vegas. Arthur Van Der Merwe immersed himself in the Nevada desert’s annual hacking conference and came back with some fascinating insights.
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Sanctions Screening: What you need to know

19 Aug, 2019

Recently we hosted a member session on sanctions screening to explore the growing complexity of the changing payments landscape. The thought-provoking session featured a panel discussion with industry experts.
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Sydney commuters can use contactless payments on trains, ferries and now buses

01 Aug, 2019

Transport for NSW announced on Sunday 28 July 2019 that contactless payments will be rolled out across all Opal-enabled buses in Sydney starting today.
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The move away from cheques accelerates

10 Jul, 2019

The rate of decline in the use of cheques is increasing with a record drop of over 25% reached for the period April 2018 to April 2019.
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How does Europe’s PSD differ from the work being done in Australia to reduce CNP fraud?

20 Jun, 2019

While Europe’s been implementing PSD2, AusPayNet’s been working with the e-commerce industry to develop the CNP Fraud Mitigation Framework.
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SWIFT examines recent trends in cyber threats

27 May, 2019

SWIFT has recently published a report titled Three years on from Bangladesh - Tackling the adversaries
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Food for thought from the Australian Cards Council Dinner

16 May, 2019

Our CEO, Andy White shares thoughts on four key topics; fraud, digital identity, open data and innovation.
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Budget Night 2019: The view from payments

02 Apr, 2019

With respect to payments, the 2019 budget focuses on the execution of existing policy initiatives.
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Payments NZ's API standards make payments innovation easier

21 Mar, 2019

Payments NZ has developed an industry framework for standardised payments-related APIs.
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Scholarship funding available for women's leadership development

04 Mar, 2019

Women across Australia’s finance sector are invited to apply for scholarship funding in a leadership initiative administered by Women and Leadership Australia.
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