Written by: Julie Erissy

Australian banks launch new defence in battle against scammers

Australian banks have today unveiled their latest scam fighting technology, with the launch of Confirmation of Payee – a new name-matching service designed to help protect customers from being tricked into sending money to …
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July 2, 2025

​AP+ opens second consultation on future NPP capability  

​​Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has opened a consultation to collect feedback from stakeholders and end users of account-to-account payments on their needs for the future capability of the NPP.   This NPP-specific consultation paper is …
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July 2, 2025
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AusPayNet and AP+ launch public consultation on the future of account-to-account payments

Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet), the self-regulatory body for the payments industry, and Australian Payments Plus (AP+), the domestic payments provider, have today launched a public consultation to collect feedback from stakeholders and end-users on …
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July 2, 2025

​AP+ appoints J.P. Morgan’s Bianca Bates to its Board  

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is pleased to welcome Bianca Bates, Managing Director and Head of Payments for J.P. Morgan Australia and New Zealand, to its board as a non-executive director. Her appointment is effective from …
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June 19, 2025

AP+ and G+D to bring eftpos and least-cost routing to Click to Pay

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is excited to announce that it is partnering with global payment technology leader Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to develop eftpos Click to Pay with integrated least-cost routing (LCR). The introduction of LCR …
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June 10, 2025
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​NPP ready to deliver faster, more efficient superannuation payments 

Australia’s real-time payments platform, the NPP, has the capacity, reach and resilience to process superannuation payments. With payday super set to come into effect 1 July 2026, the NPP can help funds reach employee …
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May 5, 2025
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New Confirmation of Payee service hits important milestone 

Australians are now one step closer to having access to another important layer of protection against scammers with the design of the new Confirmation of Payee service now complete.   Australian Payments Plus (AP+) and …
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August 8, 2024
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Lynn Kraus named Member of the Order of Australia 

We are delighted to share that our Chief Executive Officer, Lynn Kraus, has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant services to business and commerce, gender equality and the …
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June 13, 2024
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The AP+ POV – Taking the first steps in our reconciliation journey

By Jason Backhouse - General Manager, Open Payments  One of the first conversations we had as AP+ was forming, was about starting on our reconciliation journey, and establishing a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).  The AP+ …
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April 12, 2024
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DIGITAL ID – A step forward for a more secure Digital Economy

Australian Payments Plus (AP+), at the forefront of Australia’s payments industry and a leading providerof digital identity solutions through its ConnectID brand welcomed the passage by the Senate of theDigital ID Bills. AP+ Chief …
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March 28, 2024
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