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Australians unite on cash, divide on mobile
There's a shift in a nature of consumer payment behaviour as the younger generation adopts new payment mechanisms.
Contactless payments at Woolies, Coles
Both Woolworths and Coles will be implanting Visa’s PayWave technology, which will allow Visa PayWave credit cardholders to pay for transactions of $100 or less without the need for a PIN or signature.
Contactless mobile payment with CBA
Commonwealth Bank's new iPhone application called Kaching enables users to make real-time peer-to-peer payments and contactless payments at any PayPass terminal using their phones.
Consumers embrace contactless payments
Mastercard has recorded that here were more than one million 'tap & go' transactions in August for the fist time since the contactless technology was launched in Australia.
Woolies speeds up checkout
Woolworths will be offering its customers contactless payment through Visa payWave for transactions of up to $100. It will be rolled-out across all of its brands.
MasterCard introduces five year plan
The MasterCard Roadmap sees rollout of new products and services, further safeguards to protect payments, both online and at the point of sale, and basic requirements on providing transparency on fees.
Tap, go at Bunnings, Dymocks
The two retailers have signed on to offer customers a faster way to pay using their Commonwealth Bank debit or credit PayPass card when paying for items less than $100 without the need to sign or enter a PIN.
