Australia

The Apple Pay Battle In Australia Wages On, Gets Meaner By The Minute
The Apple Pay Battle In Australia Wages On, Gets Meaner By The Minute
August 30, 2016  |  News

Apple will not negotiate with Australia’s biggest banks as a collective whole when it comes to competition, best practice standards, efficiency or transparency. Doing so, Apple...

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Australian Banks Denied Temporary Approval For Apple Negotiations
Australian Banks Denied Temporary Approval For Apple Negotiations
August 19, 2016  |  Apple

The ruling is in from Australia’s anti-trust regulator – and it looks like the ongoing war between Apple and the nation’s largest banks over payments...

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Apple Leads Rapidly Contracting Australian Smartphone Market
Apple Leads Rapidly Contracting Australian Smartphone Market
August 16, 2016  |  Apple

That latest numbers on the Australian smartphone market are a basic good news, bad news situation for Apple. The good news is they still lead...

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Australia Enters The SME Late Payments Battle
Australia Enters The SME Late Payments Battle
August 11, 2016  |  B2B Payments

U.K. lawmakers have become some of the most active in working to combat late B2B payments, while the U.S. is also beginning to ramp up...

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Australia’s New Cyber Unit To Sniff Out Terrorism Payments
Australia’s New Cyber Unit To Sniff Out Terrorism Payments
August 10, 2016  |  International

In order to combat rising threats to its national security, Australian government officials announced the launch of a cyberintelligence unit tasked with identifying financing, money...

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Reckon Shares Details On Its Aussie Alt-Lending Entrance
Reckon Shares Details On Its Aussie Alt-Lending Entrance
August 04, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The alternative lending space is crowded — oversaturated, some may say — and in the U.S. and U.K., regulation is likely headed its way. Australia,...

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Alibaba Coming To Australia By End Of 2016
Alibaba Coming To Australia By End Of 2016
July 26, 2016  |  International

Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce marketplace giant, has announced plans to expand its reach to Australia by the end of 2016, according to media reports. The...

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Did National Australia Bank Spy On Its Customers?
Did National Australia Bank Spy On Its Customers?
June 21, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Concerns about privacy breaches and unfair competition are on high after reports that National Australia Bank (NAB) is being tipped off when any of its business...

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Sydney Shines As A Tech Scene Down Under
Sydney Shines As A Tech Scene Down Under
May 20, 2016  |  International

Though Sydney may not be the first city that pops into your mind when you think “global tech hubs,” the city is determined to change...

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