Cuscal news and trends

Cuscal On Digital Banking Done Down Under
Digital Banking // November 23, 2018

In Australia, time for a purely digital bank? Cuscal is putting tech and funding behind 86 400, a bank done in bits and bytes, that looks to challenge the traditional banking model. Craig Kennedy, Cuscal managing director, weighs in on why AI and mobile, combined, can...

NEW REPORT: The Payments Innovation Guide To Going Global
Global Payments // September 24, 2018

Whether in Australia, India, Europe or the United States, mobile phones aren’t just driving interconnectivity, but are the key channel driving innovation in payments and commerce. Still, even in this digital world, where everyone and everything is connected via mobile, going global can be tough...

Six Months On, And Down Under, Looking At A New Payments Platform
Digital Payments // August 28, 2018

Looking backwards and forwards from the six month vantage point can be instructive. Especially when it comes to payments. And in an interview with Karen Webster, Adrian Lovney, CEO of NPP Australia, and Nathan Churchward, head of cards, payments and fraud products at Cuscal, weighed...

NPP CEO On Australia’s Real-Time Payments Platform
Platform Payments // August 28, 2018

The half-year mark. It’s a good place to take stock and reflect on a manner of things: Romance. Job performance. New payments platforms. It’s been six months since New Payments Platform (NPP) Australia went live, where a few intrepid, traditional financial institutions (FIs) and financial services providers...

Interviews & Exclusives
Cuscal On Digital Banking Done Down Under

November 23, 2018
In Australia, time for a purely digital bank? Cuscal is putting tech and funding behind 86 400, a bank done in bits and bytes, that looks to challenge the traditional banking model. Craig Kennedy, Cuscal managing director, weighs in on why AI and mobile, combined, can help gain consumers’ trust, and take market share from the “Big Four.”

NEW REPORT: The Payments Innovation Guide To Going Global

September 24, 2018
Whether in Australia, India, Europe or the United States, mobile phones aren’t just driving interconnectivity, but are the key channel driving innovation in payments and commerce. Still, even in this...

Quick Reads
Amex and Cuscal Give Australians Faster Way to Pay Card Bills

March 23, 2023
American Express and payments firm Cuscal have teamed to help Australian customers repay charges in minutes. The partnership, announced Thursday (March 23), involves what American Express (Amex) says is the first card bill PayID service in Australia, using the country’s New Payments Platform (NPP) real-time payments system. “American Express Card PayID enables our consumer and […]

Six Months On, And Down Under, Looking At A New Payments Platform

August 28, 2018
Looking backwards and forwards from the six month vantage point can be instructive. Especially when it comes to payments. And in an interview with Karen Webster, Adrian Lovney, CEO of...

Samsung Electronics Australia Partners With Cuscal To Offer Samsung Pay

June 20, 2017
Samsung Electronics Australia has announced a partnership with Cuscal, Australia’s leading independent provider of online payments solutions, that will enable 38 financial institutions to offer Samsung Pay, a secure and...