More businesses are now placing surcharges on all card payments,while they were previously only common on credit cards.
These days it’s a choice between credit cards and debit cards – and you need an armoury of these to cater for whatever may come your way.
Australians lost a record $677.5 million to payment fraud in the 2023 financial year,prompting yet more warnings against phishing scams.
Doing an annual audit on your debit-card statements is a bit like moving house. It forces you to look every item and ask yourself “do I really need this”?
RBA governor Philip Lowe says there is a case for changes to laws governing our payments system as technology provides benefits and drawbacks.
Shoppers will soon be able to take a scan of their thumbprint or face to authorise a credit card purchase,instead of entering a PIN.