‘Another nail in the cash coffin’:Businesses can now take payments on their iPhones

‘Another nail in the cash coffin’:Businesses can now take payments on their iPhones

Apple is switching on technology that allows Australian businesses to accept contactless credit card payments on their iPhones.

  • byClancy Yeates

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‘Game changer’:Smartphones take on new role in payments battle

‘Game changer’:Smartphones take on new role in payments battle

First,smartphones were transformed into digital wallets,now technology giants and banks want to turn phones into devices that can receive payments as well.

  • byClancy Yeates
EML Payments dumps CEO as part of strategic overhaul

EML Payments dumps CEO as part of strategic overhaul

Chief executive Emma Shand is leaving EML Payments after only nine months in the job,as the revamped board of the embattled fintech looks to get back to basics.

  • byClancy Yeates
Australians lost more than ever to scams last year

Australians lost more than ever to scams last year

Sydney investor Harold Scruby was scammed out of $700,000 last year in a bogus scheme. He’s one of a growing number of people to be hit by criminals.

  • byAnna Patty
App,cash or bank account:What’s the best way to pay kids pocket money?

App,cash or bank account:What’s the best way to pay kids pocket money?

Pocket money can be a vexing issue. To pay or not to pay? Now,thanks to a host of new apps,another question can be added to that list:how to pay your children?

  • byMichelle Bowes
Square outage hits small businesses at peak coffee-selling time

Square outage hits small businesses at peak coffee-selling time

Small businesses around the world were left unable to process payments for more than an hour on Tuesday morning.

  • byTim Biggs
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‘Exceptionally strong’:Hospitality,retail spending boosts Tyro

‘Exceptionally strong’:Hospitality,retail spending boosts Tyro

Strong spending at retailers,pubs,restaurants and other hospitality venues has helped Tyro Payments to a bumper half.

  • byClancy Yeates
New year,new costs:What’s going up and coming down from January 1

New year,new costs:What’s going up and coming down from January 1

The new year should bring some cost of living relief to those who need it most after inflation took off in 2022,but there won’t be any relief on toll roads.

  • byJenny Noyes andSumeyya Ilanbey
Cannon-Brookes’ Grok ‘dismayed’ at Tyro board

Cannon-Brookes’ Grok ‘dismayed’ at Tyro board

Tyro Payments’ largest shareholder,Mike Cannon-Brookes-owned Grok Ventures,has taken aim at the David Thodey-led board of the fintech.

  • byClancy Yeates
Westpac in talks to buy Cannon-Brookes backed Tyro Payments

Westpac in talks to buy Cannon-Brookes backed Tyro Payments

Westpac says it is in preliminary talks with Tyro Payments about buying the fintech,whose biggest shareholder is billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes.

  • byClancy Yeates
‘Perfect for side hustles’:NAB targets micro-merchants with contactless app

‘Perfect for side hustles’:NAB targets micro-merchants with contactless app

The NAB will look to fight back against US fintechs such as Square by launching a phone-based contactless payment product.

  • byCarla Jaeger