The days when a trip to the ATM was compulsory before strolling to your local market are numbered. Instead small businesses now find themsel…
Five or so years ago, we began looking at the cashless society – how a world that operates commerce online would start moving to an enviro…
Australians have become well familiar with self-checkout systems since both major supermarkets introduced them a few years ago, but is the c…
Running a small business is hard work and often involves juggling day-to-day priorities, which can mean many SME owners don’t feel like they…
You will often hear a small business owner complain about the banks ‘taking their cut’ of every transaction.
The cost of having a tr…
According to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s consumer payments survey, cash is no longer king at the checkout.
The RBA reports consumer…
In a world where online buying continues to rise and the carrying of cash, wallets and purses is decreasing, the pressure is on bricks and m…
By Steve Worthington, Swinburne University of Technology
There is mounting evidence from many countries around the world that the use of …
ANZ and Visa have launched a month-long trial for a contactless payment system using mobile phones, with participants able to pay for goods …
McDonald’s Australia has launched a contactless credit card technology in its stores that will allow customers to pay without swiping, signi…
