Supporting cost-effective money transfers for customers For Western Union and their customers, every payment matters.  As one of the world’s leading money transfer providers, Western Union helps customers move money across borders quickly and securely – whether …

For many businesses, the way they accept customer payments hasn’t changed in years.   A provider was chosen. Terminals were installed. Online checkout was integrated. And unless something went wrong, it stayed largely untouched.  But a lot has changed …

Payments are one of the most critical parts of running a business, but can often be one of the least revisited.  Once terminals are installed and payments are flowing, it’s easy to assume everything is set up the right …

Card payments are easy to take for granted, until costs rise, something breaks, or a change lands with little warning.  For most Australian businesses, payments “just work” day to day. But behind every tap in-store or click online is a complex system …

Every tap counts – literally Debit cards now account for over 75% of all card payments in Australia.1 For many Australian businesses, small differences in how debit card transactions are processed can quietly add up in sizeable fees each year.  That’s where Merchant Choice Routing …

What’s the difference?  It’s a common point of confusion – and you’re not alone. While they sound the same, eftpos and EFTPOS aren’t the same thing. eftpos is the debit card network eftpos is Australia’s local debit card network committed to affordable and secure payments for …

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is continuing to step up its efforts to make payments safer, faster, and more secure, by building scam prevention into the infrastructure that underpins everyday payments. Bringing together eftpos, BPAY, …

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 …

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has worked with Google to roll out eftpos functionality and Least Cost Routing (LCR) on transactions made via the mobile Google Wallet, allowing merchants to choose to have more payments …

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has made good progress on its technical update to debit cards on mobile wallets. The update will ensure consumers can continue to make payments via eftpos from 1 Jan 2025. …