Australia’s digital wallet future: You can bank on the big four to stifle tech innovation
In other countries, digital wallets allow people to accomplish nearly all of their daily transactions with a single card.
Over the last 100 years, technology has shifted faster than ever before. We’ve gone from horse-drawn carts to rocket ships, and futurists …
By Steve Worthington, Swinburne University of Technology
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to deny …
Three major banks have been forbidden by the competition regulator from using their collective might to challenge Apple Pay, a move the re…
By Steve Worthington, Swinburne University of Technology
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is planning to deny …
By David Glance, University of Western Australia
Australia’s banks have always enjoyed a lucrative income from credit card “intercha…
By David Glance
Australia’s banks have always enjoyed a lucrative income from credit card “interchange fees”, the charges that the…
By Steve Worthington, Swinburne University of Technology
When tech giant Apple announced its second quarter earnings of A$14 billion las…
By Steve Worthington
When tech giant Apple announced its second quarter earnings of $14 billion last week, it gave a limited glimpse int…
How much longer will you need to carry a wallet with you?
Most people have already stopped carrying a lot of cash these days. Cards, in m…
After failing to come to agreement with Apple to enable mobile phone payments, six of Australia’s biggest financial institutions this wee…
Australian Labor MP Ed Husic has declared that by not supporting Apple Pay in Australia, the four major banks have engaged in anti-compe…
