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AMLAussie Regs Hit Westpac With Record $920M AML Fine
Australian banking giant Westpac has agreed to a massive fine of $920 million ($1.3...
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B2B PaymentsLate Supplier Payments Tied To Economic Ebbs And Flows
Despite economic volatility, not every business is struggling. This week's Late B2B Payments roundup...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Australian Man Sentenced For Mining Crypto On Gov’t...
A former contractor for the Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization has...
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CryptocurrencyAustralia Central Bank Sees No ‘Public Policy’ Case For CBDC (For...
The race to develop central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is underway, but it seems...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsUS FinTech Change Financial To Buy Wirecard Australia, New Zealand...
Change is ahead for Change Financial. The publicly-traded company that serves U.S. customers has...
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RegulationBig Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple, Google, Amazon Boost UK Fees...
Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook, which are...
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RegulationAustralian Regulator To Examine Apple, Google App Stores
Apple and Google executives may be wondering if there's an app for, "time to...
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CryptocurrencyBitcoin Daily: US Seizes Crypto Accounts Tied To N. Korean...
Australian racing officials are looking into a thoroughbred operation after it was revealed that...
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B2B PaymentsBNPL Firm Zip Teams With eBay Australia For SMB Financing
To provide small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with access to working capital, buy now,...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: China Plans To Use Digital Yuan At 2022...
Internal pilots of China’s official cryptocurrency are in progress in multiple cities, and there...
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GoogleGoogle Fights Australian Proposal To Share Ad Revenue With News...
Google is challenging a proposed rule by Australian regulators that could force the global...
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B2B PaymentsDayTek Capital Granted Banking License In Australia
DayTek Capital, an Australian challenger bank known for its prepaid "Infinity" card, has been...
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RegulationGoogle, Facebook May Have To Pay Australian News Publishers
Two days after Google and Facebook CEOs testified before Congress over alleged antitrust violations,...
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NewsToday In Payments: Economists Predict Recovery Will Take Two Years...
In today’s top news, economists say the U.S. economy could take two years to...
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B2B PaymentsData Begins Rolling In On Pandemic's Late B2B Payments Impact
Although, anecdotally, the impact of the pandemic on B2B payment behavior has become all-too-clear...
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B2B PaymentsInstaReM Rolls Out BizPay In Australia For SMB Payments
To help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) bolster their cashflow, Nium’s InstaReM brand has...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Australia Sees Rise In Crypto-Asset Scams; Sweden's Central...
The Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) has reported an increase in the volume...
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B2B PaymentsGreensill Says Big Firms Require $65B To Pay Suppliers Within...
If payments were required within 30 days throughout the whole economy, financing company Greensill...
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B2B PaymentsCommercial Cards Gear Up For Corporate Travel's Return
It may not look like it yet, but business travel is headed for a...
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Buy Now Pay LaterNew Report: How Flexible-Payment Options Are Giving DIY Projects An...
Consumers around the world are confining themselves to their homes and feeling the urge...
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VISANium Teams Up With Visa To Issue Credit Cards In...
Nium, a financial technology platform, has become a Visa issuer in Australia as part...
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Travel Payments‘Travel Bubbles’ Key To Getting Consumers To Travel Cross Border
The summer travel season is upon the Northern Hemisphere, and while many consumers would...
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NewsToday In Payments: PayPal, Facebook Take Stake In Gojek; Aussie...
In today’s top news, PayPal and Facebook are to take stakes in Indonesia’s Gojek,...
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Digital PaymentsAussie Central Bank Considers Regulating ePayments Fees
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the country’s central bank, is considering reducing the...
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APIReal-Time Payments' Real-Time Achilles Heel
The role of application programming interfaces (APIs) in banking and B2B payments has grown...
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NewsToday In Payments: China's Rebounding Economy Is Likely Not Norm;...
In today’s top news, China’s economy looks to be rebounding, and a minimum of...
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EconomyAustralia Seems Headed Toward A 'Service-Sector Recession,' And America Could...
For advanced economies, the transition to the digital age where manufacturing once reigned has...
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BlockchainBitcoin Daily: Australia's RMIT To Offer Grad Certificates In Blockchain...
RMIT Online has unveiled two postgraduate programs as predictions indicate that 18,000 more cybersecurity...
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Buy Now Pay LaterPandemic Triggers BNPL Surge With 1M New Afterpay Users
Since launching in the U.S. two years ago, the Australia-based buy now, pay later...
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B2B PaymentsSMB-Focused Lender Judo Bank Attains Unicorn Status
Australia’s Judo Bank has attained unicorn status, according to FinTech Magazine, meaning it has...
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Buy Now Pay LaterUsing Payments To Keep Workwear Affordable For The Essential Workforce
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions are well on their way to challenging credit...
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B2B PaymentsItaly's Late B2B Payments Surge 80 Percent
The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly impacted B2B supplier payment practices as more companies struggle...
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B2B PaymentsAustralia SMB Ombudsman Calls For Late Payments Legislation
Australian Small Business & Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling for federal legislation...
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B2B PaymentsWhy Australia's Banking System Helps — And Hurts — SMB...
Access to financial services is a staple of success for any business, but many...
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Buy Now Pay LaterAfterpay CEO On The Obstacles And Opportunities Growing Into The...
While installment loan products were not quite unheard of in the U.S. five or...
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Buy Now Pay LaterInstallment Payments Push Sports-Equipment Sales Over The Finish Line
Buy now pay later (BNPL) solutions are more popular than ever, allowing consumers to...
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CoronavirusAustralia To Test Coronavirus Vaccine; US Doctor Claims To Have...
Australia’s national science agency plans to test a pair of vaccines over the next...
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B2B PaymentsAussie Neo Bank Judo Secures Government Funding For SMB Loans
Australian challenger bank Judo will now have an extra $500 million to distribute in loans...
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B2B PaymentsM&A, Open Banking Drive Commercial Card Innovation
As commercial card innovation expands, service providers continue to target particular pain points for...
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CoronavirusUniversities Face Financial Hit If Foreign Students Stay Home
The coronavirus pandemic and its many different ripple effects could point toward one conclusion:...
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B2B PaymentsChevron Chided For Aussie Early Supplier Payment Program
An early payment scheme by U.S. energy giant Chevron has been derided as opportunistic...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsIn Australia, i2c Teams With Archa On SMB Solutions
Global payment and open banking technology company i2c has teamed up with corporate card...
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Buy Now Pay LaterAfterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans
Australian startup Afterpay is settling with the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) over...
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AuthenticationCould The Coronavirus Crisis Solve Digital IDs’ ‘Chicken and Egg’...
When all is said and done, when the pandemic is over, when we emerge...
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CoronavirusCoronavirus: Starbucks Moves To Takeout In US, Canada; Europe To...
The coronavirus could have far-reaching effects on coffee shops, retail stores and restaurants. Here are the...
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B2B PaymentsGovernments Step In To Quell Late Supplier Payments Pain
To provide relief to small suppliers as the coronavirus continues to squeeze supply chains...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Investors Reimbursed For $2M Hacker Losses By IOTA...
The founder of IOTA is repaying victims of a wallet hack earlier this year...
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Consumer FinanceInDebted Notches $14M To Use Machine Learning In Debt Collection
The Australian FinTech InDebted announced it has raised A$14 million ($9 million) in its...
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Buy Now Pay LaterHow DSW Is Using POS Financing To Boost Online Spend
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions seem perfect for the occasional luxury buy —...
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B2B PaymentsAussie Competition, Finance Regs Collab Against Late Payments
Financial and competition regulators in Australia have teamed up to look into the rising...
