Milestones Report – 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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]]> 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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]]> Infographic: The Digital Economy November 2016 http://blog.apca.com.au/digital-economy-infographic/ Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:23:03 +0000 http://blog.apca.com.au/?p=3953 Cheques now represent just 1.2% of all non-cash transactions as Australians show a clear preference for electronic payment methods. Over the past 10 years, cheque use has declined by nearly 73% and the rate of decline is accelerating. Simultaneously, cash…

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