Asha Barbaschow

Watchdog chair does not consider the merger of Eftpos, BPay, and NPPA to be something that will substantially lessen competition in any payments market and has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking put forward by the parties.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin Babe testified it has been debanked 91 times and bullied by Austrac, with the industry body calling for an end to such ‘anti-competitive’ behaviour from Australia’s banks.

UK-based Scientia Resource Management provides scheduling and planning software to the education sector.

Banks and the like are the ones with data on the financial status of a customer and have the infrastructure to block a credit card from being used in an online wagering situation.

Taxation Office has a data-matching program of work underway to make sure taxpayers aren’t hiding cryptocurrencies.

The Reserve Bank of Australia believes the information contained in the document or URL could help financial institutions with their adherence to the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime.

Canon, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsui Sumitomo, Mizuho Financial, NEC, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, Sumitomo Corp, Toshiba, Toyota, and 14 other Japanese giants will work together to progress quantum computing.

The change is one of three new features Google has introduced to make searching, and sharing quotes, easier.

The feature wasn’t being used the way LinkedIn expected, with users wanting videos to remain on their platform instead of disappearing.

Among 15 recommendations to bring Australia’s payments system into 2021 is the proposal for one licence that is scalable based on the payment function sought to be provided and a stronger role for government in setting the strategic direction of the overall system.