Tag: Payment

The minimum wage in Australia has now risen by $16 per week, a result of the annual wage review decision that came into effect yesterday.

Medium and large-sized businesses now have more time to ensure they are SuperStream compliant after the ATO extended the June 30 due date.

South Australia’s Saturday penalty rates will be abolished and Sunday rates cut in half as a result of a landmark agreement between the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA).

A crackdown on cleaning contractors has revealed 1,212 of Australia’s cleaners have been underpaid almost $763,000.

As of 1 August 2014, Australian credit and debit card users will no longer be able to sign for purchases.

Australia’s major financial institutions and card providers have today announced a campaign to expand the use of PIN for payment authorisations on chip-enabled credit and debit cards, instead of a signature.

Customers are increasingly using their mobile phones to pay bills instead of reaching for their credit card. Mark Reiken’s booming start-up Text2Pay hopes to make the transaction safe, quick and easy for both customer and merchant.

How to deal with customers who drag their feet when it’s time to pay up.

Contactless smart cards are expected to boom in the Asia-Pacific region as soon as 2012 once key implementation projects are fully operational according to new research.

More than half of Australian executives are being negatively impacted by late payments even though payment behaviours improved slightly during the June quarter.