Digital Identity – 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 Payments Industry Policy and Government Round-up http://blog.apca.com.au/payments-industry-policy-government-round/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 05:14:51 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4154 In recent months, the Commonwealth Government has announced a number of initiatives that touch on the world of payments. We are pleased to be working in a collaborative capacity with the government on the topics outlined below. If you would…

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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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]]> 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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]]> Australia’s Payment Future: innovation drivers for change – Technology, Consumer Pull and Regulation http://blog.apca.com.au/australias-payment-future-innovation-drivers-change-technology-consumer-pull-regulation/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 05:30:42 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=4005 At a recent CEDA Trustees boardroom briefing, APCA CEO Dr Leila Fourie spoke on Australia’s payment future and the innovation drivers at play. Dr Fourie touched on a wide range of topics, from demonetisation to digital identity and blockchain. Framing…

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]]> International Developments: BankID http://blog.apca.com.au/bankid-digital-identity/ Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:11:24 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=3977 As part of our work to monitor and interpret international developments, we recently spoke to Jonas Dahlberg, Vice President of Business Development at Nexus Group, to gain his insights into how Sweden’s BankID works and why he thinks so many…

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]]> International Perspectives: Payments UK on the Digital Economy http://blog.apca.com.au/how-the-uk-is-meeting-the-needs-of-the-digital-economy/ Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:16:55 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=3854 This week we had an in depth discussion with Tim Yudin, Payments UK’s Director of Design and Delivery, on the future of payments and how the payments industry is adapting to the digital economy to meet user needs in the UK. Here…

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