contactless payments – 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 How Australians Make and Take Payments http://blog.apca.com.au/australians-make-take-payments/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:16:49 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4368 The RBA recently published its 2016 Consumer Payments Survey.  Key findings were that survey participants made 37% of their payments with cash (compared to 69% in 2007) and 52% of their payments with a card (compared to 26% in 2007).  This…

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]]> Contactless payments being trialled by Transport NSW http://blog.apca.com.au/contactless-payments-trialled-transport-nsw/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:16:52 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4185 Sydney commuters will now be able to use their contactless payment cards (or devices, such as a smart phone or wearable) to pay for passage on the Manly ferry, in the Contactless Transport Payments trial announced by Transport NSW. This…

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]]> Are contactless bank cards the future of public transport ticketing? http://blog.apca.com.au/contactless-bank-cards-future-public-transport-ticketing/ Tue, 31 May 2016 23:04:14 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=3748 Sydney commuters could be replacing their Opal cards with bank cards – and even their mobile phones – as early as next year, if the trial goes well. This would put Sydney in-line with the likes of London where contactless…

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