Home topics news via pexels News News Australian regulator launches ‘fast payer’ list as invoice payment delays blow out to 64 days Yajush Gupta February 5, 2026 Australia launches a fast payer list recognising businesses that pay small suppliers in 20 days. Only 2.3% qualify. What’s happening: The Payment Times Reporting Regulator launched the Fast Small Business Payer List on 2 February, publicly recognising large businesses that consistently pay small suppliers in 20 days or less. Why this matters: The regulator found big businesses’ 95th percentile payment time actually worsened overall between January 1 and June 30, 2025, rising to 64 days from the previous 58 days. Australian regulators have launched a public honour roll recognising large businesses that pay their small suppliers quickly, as new data reveals the slowest payments are deteriorating despite government reforms. The Payment Times Reporting Regulator released the Fast Small Business Payer List on 2 February, an incentive established under the Payment Times Reporting Act 2020 to promote prompt payment practices and improve cash flow for small businesses across Australia. View the Fast Small Business Payer List . Between 1 January and 30 June 2025, only 83 entities, or 2.3 per cent of reporting businesses and Commonwealth entities, qualified as fast payers. To qualify for the list, a large business’s 95th percentile payment time must be 20 days or lower. Honour roll launched The 95th percentile payment time represents the average number of days it takes a large business to pay 95 per cent of