Australia

Australia Tells Wine Sector To Kick Its Late Payments Habit
Australia Tells Wine Sector To Kick Its Late Payments Habit
July 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Australia Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is ramping up its efforts to promote faster payments to small suppliers in the wine industry, according to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Anchorage Crypto Startup Sets Up Shop In Sioux Falls; Crypto Scam Steals $900K From Pension Fund
Bitcoin Daily: Anchorage Crypto Startup Sets Up Shop In Sioux Falls; Crypto Scam Steals $900K...
July 21, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Senator Mike Rounds made an announcement at a Senate Banking Committee hearing regarding Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency on Tuesday (July 16), but it wasn’t related to...

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Aussie Regulator Challenges Uber Eats Over Restaurant Contracts
Aussie Regulator Challenges Uber Eats Over Restaurant Contracts
July 17, 2019  |  Delivery

Uber Eats in Australia can no longer charge restaurants for delivery mistakes that were out of their control, according to a report by The Wall...

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In Australia, Card (And Other Payments) Fraud Is Big Business
In Australia, Card (And Other Payments) Fraud Is Big Business
July 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Attacks on Australia’s government — including payments fraud — have been on the rise, scoring, cumulatively, tens of millions of dollars.  Elsewhere, individual cases of...

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MYOB Suffers Payroll Reporting Glitch
MYOB Suffers Payroll Reporting Glitch
July 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Australian small business cloud accounting company MYOB was managing a system glitch last week after it confirmed hundreds of payroll reports known as group certificates...

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IBM Testing Lygon Blockchain Platform To Streamline Property Leasing
IBM Testing Lygon Blockchain Platform To Streamline Property Leasing
July 04, 2019  |  Blockchain

ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, IBM, Scentre Group and Westpac have announced they are partnering to launch a live pilot for Lygon, a new digital platform using...

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Afterpay Boosts Governance Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Afterpay Boosts Governance Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
July 02, 2019  |  Regulation

As the quickly growing lender bolsters its governance and faces scrutiny from a financial watchdog, Australia’s Afterpay Touch Group Ltd is said to be working...

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Aussie Banks Push Back Against Plan For Deeper Credit Checks
Aussie Banks Push Back Against Plan For Deeper Credit Checks
July 01, 2019  |  Banking

In response to plans by regulators to require banks to conduct more detailed credit checks in lieu of depending upon indices, banks in Australia are...

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Bitcoin Daily: QuadrigaCX Co-Founder Made Fake Accounts; Swede Faces Extradition In Scam
Bitcoin Daily: QuadrigaCX Co-Founder Made Fake Accounts; Swede Faces Extradition In Scam
June 21, 2019  |  Bitcoin

A Swedish man has been charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a bitcoin scam that defrauded more than 3,500...

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