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AP+ End User Forums – June and August 2025

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) hosted a series of End User Forums in June and August 2025 across Sydney and Melbourne, providing a platform for direct engagement with corporates, superannuation funds, retailers, government agencies, and …
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September 16, 2025

AP+ welcomes the passing of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Act 2025

Australia Payments Plus (AP+) has today welcomed the passing of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Act 2025. This Act will modernise the regulatory framework for Australia’s payment system for the first time …
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September 4, 2025

​AP+ welcomes findings of Age Assurance Technology Trial

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has today welcomed the release of the Australian government’s Age Assurance Technology Trial report, which confirms that age assurance can be delivered in Australia in a way that is private, …
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September 2, 2025

​ATO clears path for real-time super as proposed payday super reforms near

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has approved the NPP – Australia’s real-time payments infrastructure – for superannuation payments, removing a key barrier to help parties in the superannuation payment chain meet new obligations under …
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August 21, 2025

ACCC grants AusPayNet and AP+ authorisation to collaborate about the future of account-to-account payment infrastructure

Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet), the self-regulatory body for the payments industry, and Australian Payments Plus (AP+), the domestic payments provider, have welcomed the ACCC’s decision to grant authorisation with conditions to develop a common …
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August 8, 2025

​​AP+ selected to participate in RBA’s tokenisation pilot 

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to participate in the next stage of Project Acacia, a research project being led by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) …
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July 10, 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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Developing a shared vision for Australia’s payments future 

Modernising Australia’s account-to-account payment system was the focus of a recent webinar hosted by Australian Payments Plus (AP+). The webinar followed the release in March of the RBA Risk Assessment on BECS Decommissioning, and …
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May 13, 2025

AP+ lowers eftpos scheme fees in ongoing commitment to lowering cost of payments

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has announced a 22% drop in wholesale fees for the domestic eftpos network which took effect on 1 May, a move designed to lower the wholesale cost of payments.  Issuer …
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May 8, 2025
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