Contactless payments have taken a new twist with the launch of Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone which allows businesses of any size to accept in-person contactless payments without the need for a payment terminal or additional hardware. The launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone is set to disrupt how businesses accept payments, allowing… Read more »
Research released today by Xero reveals nearly half of Australian small business owners would likely register for eInvoicing if government agencies and big businesses started sending eInvoices. Electronic invoicing, or eInvoicing, has been slow to take off in small business Australia. Many businesses have been hesitant to replace tried and testing invoicing practices they’ve been… Read more »
Excitement is in the air as restaurants, cafés and retailers in NSW open up to many people after three months of lockdown and roadmaps for re-opening across the country are revealed. But the economic landscape has changed and you need to be prepared. As we come out of the pandemic, more Australians are starting businesses. According… Read more »
The Visa Insights: Australia’s Fast Future report suggests real-time payments and person to person (P2P) payments will reach 10. 1 trillion by 2023 led by demand from the gig economy. The report suggests Australian workers want to be paid within minutes of doing a job and real-time payments could be the answer. Visa predicts by… Read more »
In today’s world, cash is no longer King – as consumers move to an increasingly cashless society.
Independent retailers will now be able to offer customers an alternative payment system with the announcement that Vend and Afterpay have joined forces. Afterpay’s buy now, pay later solution is alreacy used by over 14,000 retail merchants Australia-wide, across a number of large-scale bricks-and-mortar stores, as well as online retailers of various sizes. Now Afterpay… Read more »
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