Payments Direction – APCA Blog http://blog.apca.com.au APCA Views & News Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:00:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.2 Milestones Report, May 2017: Cheque use plunges in the digital economy http://blog.apca.com.au/milestones-report-may-2017-cheque-use-plunges-digital-economy/ Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:58:09 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4114 Our latest Milestones Report looks at the payment choices Australian make.  It’s clear that the vast majority are moving away from cash and cheques faster than ever before. This is happening because widespread use of new technology combined with a…

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]]> Funding Grants for Women’s Leadership Development http://blog.apca.com.au/funding-grants-womens-leadership-development/ Wed, 17 May 2017 06:19:02 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4092 This post is dedicated to supporting the office of the National Industry Scholarship Program 2017 – for the development of women across all industries.  Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders…

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]]> Budget Night 2017: Initial view from payments http://blog.apca.com.au/budget-2017-payments/ Tue, 09 May 2017 22:33:08 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4059 Merric Foley, our Policy Manager, was on the ground in Canberra for the 2017 Budget, which contained a number of measures directly affecting the payments industry. Of particular interest is new funding for Treasury to undertake an independent review into the…

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]]> CEO Speaks at NORA: Changes Currently Impacting the Payments Industry http://blog.apca.com.au/norachanges-impacting-payments-industry/ Fri, 05 May 2017 02:21:38 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4046 As part of the recent National Online Retailers Association (NORA) Leader Lunch Series, Australian Payments Network CEO Dr. Leila Fourie spoke about how technological advancements and consumer expectations are changing the future of retail payments. Australia is fast becoming a less-cash…

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]]> ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies http://blog.apca.com.au/isotc-307-blockchain-electronic-distributed-ledger-technologies/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 05:55:03 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4026 During the first week of  April 2017, our Emerging Technology Lead, Nick Cliff, took part in the first meeting of the international technical committee on standards. The ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies met at the International Convention…

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]]> International Perspective: Open Data Institute http://blog.apca.com.au/international-perspective-open-data-institute/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 05:00:48 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4018 We were pleased to welcome many members of the payments community at our Open Data discussion earlier this month. David Beardmore, Commercial Director of the Open Data Institute (ODI) shared insights from the ODI’s work on the UK’s Open Banking…

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