ABOUT

Payments

Advisory Committee

• The Payments Advisory Committee provides the retail industry with a centralised platform of thought leadership specific to merchant payments 

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• Consumers’ methods of payment have a significant impact on retail costs 

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• The Committee is comprised of retail professionals in payments, finance, and digital roles   

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• The Committee informs and supports the ARA’s advocacy to achieve industry-wide equity and payment efficiency 

PAYMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER

Achievements

• Ensuring a competitive market for payments and maximising cost savings for retailers over time, including through least-cost routing 

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• Contributing to policy on issues including: competition, least-cost routing, electronic payments, surcharging, and payment regulation. 

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• Ensuring retailers remain abreast of developments and innovations in the payments industry 

COMMITTEE CHAIR

AND EXPERT

Lance Blockley

Managing Director

The Initiatives Group

Key Recent Issues

• Least cost routing

• Fee transparency  

• Payments innovation 

• Payment fraud and security 

For more information, please contact the secretariat for this committee:

Tim Janczuk 

Participating Retailers include:

Coles, 7-Eleven, Woolworths, David Jones, Chemist Warehouse, Wilson Parking, HappyTel, Myer, Mecca Brands, and many more.