Payments

Enterprise fintech Limepay raises $21m ahead of IPO
Enterprise payments fintech Limepay has raised $21 million in the first phase of its pre-IPO capital raise from current and new high net worth and institutional investors. The raise will bring Limepay’s total funding to nearly $30 million within one year of its initial seed funding completed in December 2019, and will

Younger Australians open to implanting payment microchips: FIS Report
Nearly one five Australians are interested in using a microchip in their hands to make payments easier, according to research from global fintech FIS, that examines attitudes to payments across generations and regions. The FIS Generation Pay report found biometric authentication is key to future payments in Australia. The report

B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022: Juniper
The total value of B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022 from a COVID-related low of $27 trillion in 2020; representing 30% growth. The figures are contained in a new report from Juniper Research. However, the study’s authors say the long-lasting economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic means

Neobank Volt taps IBM for payment security
Banking newcomer Volt is leveraging a fraud protection solution from IBM which uses AI and machine learning to analyse behavioural and fraudulent patterns. During today’s Data and AI Forum hosted by IBM, the challenger bank announced it integrated IBM’s Safer Payments solution into its online banking platform 10 weeks ago.

Instant messaging users to reach 4.3 billion in 2020: Juniper Research
The number of instant messaging users will reach 4.3 billion in 2020, rising from 3.9 billion in 2019. This is a growth of 9 per cent year-on-year, largely driven by an increased need for remote communication during the COVID-19 crisis, according to A new study from Juniper Research. The new

Apple Pay drives contactless mobile payment increase: Roy Morgan
Data from the Roy Morgan Digital Payments Report shows a sharp increase in use of non-bank contactless mobile payment services compared to a year ago. A total of 10.8 per cent of Australians now use non-bank contactless mobile payment services such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, up from 7.1

CBA partners with fintech Slyp for paperless receipts
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia today announced it will provide customers with itemised digital receipts within its app for certain transactions through a partnership and investment in local fintech Slyp. All of the big four banks now have a stake in Slyp which will continue to operate independently. NAB has

COVID-19 measures help digital wallet transactions surge past $1 billion in March
Digital wallet users spent more than $1 billion on a record number of transactions in March as cash and physical contact were minimised in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19, according to data from the Commonwealth Bank. CBA’s monthly analysis of transactions from Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung

Contactless payment transactions to reach $6 trillion globally by 2024, Juniper says
Global contactless transaction values will reach nearly $6 trillion in 2024, up from $2 trillion in 2020, according to new data from Juniper Research. It found that this increase will be driven by significant growth in OEM Pay and contactless card transaction values, especially in the US. The new research,

The payments business is booming, but banks will get a smaller piece of the pie
Australia’s banks risk losing US$3 billion in payments revenue by 2025 due to the growth of digital payments and competition from non-banks, according to new research from Accenture. According to Accenture’s Global Payments Pulse Survey [PDF] overall payment revenue will grow at an annual rate of 3.7 per cent by