Banks tell ACCC that payments merger will strengthen competition
Banks tell ACCC that payments merger will strengthen competition
08 July 2021 7:41AM
The industry committee advancing the case for combining Australia’s three domestic payments schemes has urged the ACCC to approve the proposed merger because it will improve competition.
The committee, which includes representatives from the four major banks, Cuscal and Woolworths, is facing an uphill task to win approval for joining the operations of Eftpos Australia, the NPP and BPay after the regulator indicated in early June that a union could substantially lessen competition in the payments market.
Industry committee chair Robert Milliner yesterday warned that each of the merger candidates would find it more challenging to compete against the international card schemes if the ACCC rejected the application.
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Eftpos expedites QR code rollout
Eftpos expedites QR code rollout
25 February 2021 5:50AM
Eftpos Australia will begin piloting a new Quick Response (QR) code payments platform in June, with a view to launching a national multi-channel transaction network next year.
Community acceptance of QR codes in the payments process has grown slowly in Australia compared to other Asian countries, but research indicates that it has increased during COVID-induced lockdowns in the last year.
While Eftpos is set to be the first payments scheme to roll out QR code functionality in the domestic market, global payments providers such as Mastercard and Visa are likely to follow.