Australia Post owned payment gateway SecurePay has announced a partnership with cloud based ERP supplier NetSuite that should allow local businesses to quickly set up online commerce sites.

Following the launch of CableGate nearly a year ago and the seemingly acrimonious departure of a number of key team-members, WikiLeaks now finds itself in a good deal of trouble.

Demand for mobile banking services has grown by 80 per cent in the year to date at Westpac – which is forecasting it will achieve the first million mobile users two times faster than it reached that milestone for fixed internet access.

You’ve probably heard the rumours that the next iPhone is getting a thing called NFC. You’ve also probably read about Visa doing some funky trials with “PayWave” and iPhones. And you also probably have a credit card which supports PayWave. Unfortunately, most of it is a bunch of hot air, but in the coming months, things are set to get much more serious.

Retail giant Woolworths will provide contactless payment facilities at stores operating under all of its brands.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and partner Visa have unveiled a four week internal trial of mobile phones used as substitutes for credit cards.

Major credit card companies have bowed to US government pressure to block payments to Wikileaks, but they are perfectly happy to accept donations to the modern incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Federal Government has announced it will begin collecting biometric identification from people applying for visas.

Three years after bringing in a specialist from the Reserve Bank to beef up IT security, Woolworths is still plugging gaps in its PCI compliance regime, potentially exposing the retail giant to fines of up to $500,000.

The Commonwealth Bank has announced additional security measures to protect online purchases by its customers.  As well as extending the use of secure token support to approved eCommerce sites, the Bank has also instigated an out-of-band payment approval process.