PAYMENTS
ABOUT
Payments
Advisory Committee
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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
Achievements
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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
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Least cost routing
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Fee transparency
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Payments innovation
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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.