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How COVID-19 has accelerated the progress of innovative payment solutions

Software technology company Synthesis lays out five ways COVID-19 has changed our behaviour and the payment solutions designed to meet the new criteria.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 4 min read • Thu, 16th Dec 2021

Marketing Technologies

Mastercard evolves contactless technology for quantum world

Mastercard has developed Enhanced Contactless (Ecos) specifications to future-proof contactless payments and ensure high levels of security and convenience.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Jan 2021

Marketing Technologies

Mastercard ups the digital payments game with latest launch

Mastercard has launched its Cloud Tap on Phone payment technology, and the first live pilot of its Cloud Point of Sale acceptance technology.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Jan 2021

Virtualisation

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Veeam?

Veeam's senior global technologist speaks on the great shift to a digital economy and organizations' investments in digital platforms.

By Nick Forrester • 6 min read • Tue, 8th Dec 2020

Unified Communications

Eight positive technology trends to come out of COVID-19

Digital technologies, such as contactless payments and remote working, will have a lasting impact on society post-COVID-19.

By Rob Stummer • 5 min read • Fri, 17th Jul 2020

Marketing Technologies

Merchant choice routing: A process to significant savings for businesses

Australian businesses could slash payment acceptance costs by over 40% using merchant choice routing, a process endorsed by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

By Kees Kwakernaak • 3 min read • Wed, 20th May 2020

Marketing Technologies

The rise of contactless card payments in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

Amid COVID-19, Australia sees a surge in contactless card payments, enhancing daily safety and convenience, with over half of transactions now contact-free.

By Michael Robertson • 4 min read • Mon, 11th May 2020

Marketing Technologies

COVID-19 highlights need for instant, real-time payments - GlobalData

COVID-19 lockdowns are driving the demand for instant real-time payments, with GlobalData predicting over half a trillion transactions within five years.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Apr 2020

Marketing Technologies

COVID-19: Contactless payment limit increased to $200

New Zealand has increased the contactless payment limit from NZD $80 to NZD $200 to curb COVID-19 spread, rolling out changes over the next few weeks.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Apr 2020

Wearables

Wearable payment options sweeping Australia

New research from Bankwest shows that having the option to pay with wearable tech is becoming more appealing than ever.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Feb 2020

Marketing Technologies

ASB offers Google Pay - but some people will miss out

ASB Bank phases out its ASB Virtual payment service, introducing Google Pay for Android users. However, it's only compatible with Android 5.0 or later.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Jun 2019

Marketing Technologies

ASB rolls out Apple Pay for secure contactless payments

ASB Bank introduces Apple Pay, allowing over 500,000 customers to make secure, convenient contactless payments via compatible Apple devices.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 23rd Jan 2019

Fintech

Kiwis, it's time to ditch the loose change and go cashless, says MYOB

Ten years from now cash and ATMs as we know them could be extinct as the cashless economy becomes well entrenched in everyday life.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Jun 2018

Marketing Technologies

Tourists want contactless as spend into NZ grows

Visa has released a report showing that tourist spend in NZ is growing and they want to use contactless payment systems.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 26th Jun 2018

Marketing Technologies

Kiwi adoption of contactless payments driving merchant growth

The study shows that for contactless merchants, growth in customer numbers (8.3%) was double that experienced by non-contactless merchants (3.5%).

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 30th May 2018

Marketing Technologies

Why Kiwis tend to prefer contactless payment

Millennials continue to drive contactless payments, with almost 9 in 10 people aged 25 to 34 using contactless technology.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018

Marketing Technologies

Auckland among top nine cities for digital payments leadership

Auckland is named a top digital payments leader, with potential to gain nearly USD $2 billion annually by further reducing cash reliance, a Visa study reveals.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Jan 2018