15 May 2020
Over the next few weeks, banks will be contacting customers who don’t have debit cards. Currently there are over half a million Australian bank customers who actively use a passbook account or transaction account with no linked debit card.
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Jamie Burnett (Host): But today, the Federal Government has launched a new scam awareness campaign encouraging you to stop, to check, to protect. Sounds good? Been welcomed by the Australian Banking Association, as you’d expect. Its CEO is Anna Bligh, good morning Anna. Anna Bligh (Guest): Good morning. Jamie, how are you? Jamie Burnett: Yeah,… Read more »
The ABA welcomes the launch today of the Federal Government’s new scam awareness campaign, encouraging Australians to STOP. CHECK. PROTECT. ABA CEO Anna Bligh said this was a timely reminder for Australians to be on the look-out for the tell-tale signs that you might be being scammed. “Scams are a blight on our society. Every… Read more »
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has made good progress on its technical update to debit cards on mobile wallets. The update will ensure consumers can continue to make payments via eftpos from 1 Jan 2025. However, a small minority of consumers will need to remove and re-add their debit card to their mobile wallet. AP+ and… Read more »