What is an API?
What are APIs and what do they have to do with the future of payments experiences in NZ?
The future online payments experience is here
Online Eftpos is here to rescue you from juggling your devices and your credit card, enabling you to pay online using your mobile banking app in seconds. It’s satisfyingly simple, secure and fast – you can do it all with your phone in one hand and your coffee in the other. It pays the merchant directly from your bank account, without taking the risk of giving your username and password...
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The future of Kiwi payments innovation
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Finding comfort in winter
Winter brings a diverse pattern of spending. There are the treats: we spend more at bakeries and movies. There are the necessities: we spend more on electricity and electrical tradies.
Paymark 101 - the transACTION
When I started at Paymark I was blown away at how the simple process of paying for something with my EFTPOS card very quickly became a complex interaction parties.
Taking our foot off the pedal
Petrol prices have increased for many Aucklanders this week as the regional petrol tax came into effect. Pump prices had already been rising before 1 July, due to rising international oil prices, and appear to...
New Zealand's Secret Sauce
Once upon a time cash was King in New Zealand. And once upon a time we rocked mullets and perms, but things change.
Shopping 2030
Remember when the shops closed at 5pm sharp? When weekend shopping meant any time so long as you were done by midday on Saturday? Remember cheque books and queueing at the bank on your lunch...
Open Payments in New Zealand
And that’s the future we see for digital payments. We’re moving to a post-plastic world, one where we can cheerfully leave our wallets behind and just take our phones with us into the world of retail.