Posts tagged "outage"

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has been accused of downplaying the consequences of Wednesday's mass outage on small businesses, after the telco boss appeared to question why a Sydney barber could not trade during the reception blackout.

Compensation for small businesses hit by yesterday's Optus network outage "has to be on the table," Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones says, as entrepreneurs across the country deal with the aftermath of lost sales and severed communications.

Small businesses rattled by Wednesday's massive Optus network outage should hold on to their receipts, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says, as mobile and internet services gradually return.

Square says it has upgraded its internal systems and will expand 'offline' payment capabilities after Friday's major outage, which left merchants across Australia and the world unable to process card transactions for most of the day.

A major Australian Taxation Office (ATO) website outage left small businesses and accountants unable to file claims over the weekend.

Commonwealth Bank EFTPOS machines are having issues, leaving some business owners unable to process payments on Monday July 7.

The ATO lodgement website crashed on Wednesday as thousands of Aussies flooded in to process their tax returns and early access superannuation claims.

A major outage at Australia's largest Bank has left angry customers saying they haven't been paid, while business services experience issues.

Legislators in the US are considering whether to ban cashless businesses, while closer to home, Aussies are transitioning to a cashless economy.

RBA governor Phillip Lowe says Australia has reached a turning point on digital payments, but there are some very big issues that need to be dealt with.

Telstra has apologised to businesses regarding an eftpos outage that affected operations late last week amid a broader discussion about payments resilience.

Cashflow is notoriously tight this time of year, and Aussie SME owners are urged to ensure their expense policies are watertight, as researc…