Podcasts about EFTPOS

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We also play a clip of Mona talking about the book which she recorded last year before the announcement of the ceasefire agreement (our thanks to Mell Chun for editing and sharing this audio).  Mona has always loved cooking, artfully presenting food, and helping her friends prepare for their special occasions. Prior to October 2023 she ran a successful catering business, putting her skills and passions to practice. Tabkha is Mona's debut title, filled with twenty of her most beloved recipes.  Slingshot books is a tiny radical publishing house creating playful and politically potent books for kids and their grown-ups. Tess aims to serve a revolutionary readership, providing people with print objects that ignite their imagination and passion for change.  Preorder Tabkha by heading to tabkhabook.com - all proceeds from book sales (apart from printing and postage costs) will go to Mona and her community in Gaza.// PALM Scheme Worker Exploitation//RMIT PhD researcher Ema Moolchand joined us to discuss the co-authored report, Meat the Reality, which exposes the exploitation of workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme in Australia. People from Timor-Leste and Pacific Island regions working under the PALM scheme form the backbone of the Australian meat industry, but despite their crucial labour, PALM scheme workers commonly face "sub-minimum wages, sham contracts, and punitive deductions." Ema's doctoral research focuses on the ways that modern slavery shows up in local and global production networks, with a particular focus on the cleaning and meat industries.  Learn more about the conditions faced by PALM workers and what needs to change by reading the full report here. You can support the Australian Workers Union's campaign for fair conditions for PALM workers by signing this petition. Ema mentioned an exhibition of photographs taken by PALM workers which will be held at the Australian National University in March 2025 - find out more here.// Queensland Trans Youth Healthcare Access//Content warning: this interview includes discussion of transphobia, suicide and self harm. If you need to speak with someone for free and confidential support, you can call:Lifeline (national, 24/7): 13 11 14Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7): 1300 659 467QLife (national, 3PM-midnight): 1800 184 527Rainbow Door (Victoria, 10AM-5PM): 1800 729 36713YARN (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only, national, 24/7): 13 92 76 Necho Brocchi, proud trans woman and service manager at Open Doors Youth Service in Magan-djin/Brisbane, discussed the impact of the Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls decision on the 28th of January to pause the provision of puberty blockers and gender affirming hormone therapy to new patients under 18 years old in the state. This decision, which was met with national outrage and protests around the country this past Saturday the 8th of February, forces 491 young people to wait for life-saving care until an inquiry into gender-affirming healthcare and hormone therapies takes place. Further information about the changes, state and federal inquiries, and their impacts are available in this resource developed by Transcend Australia, AusPATH, and LGBTIQ+ Health Australia. Necho shared several calls to action to support trans and gender diverse young people in Queensland:Write to Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls to express your concern about the government's decision to suspend access to gender affirming care for new patients under the age of 18. Contact details for Minister Nicholls are available here.Trans young people and their families can write to Open Doors Youth Service to share their stories about the importance of gender affirming health care here.Donate to Project 491, an initiative led by AusPATH in response to the Queensland Government's decision to restrict gender affirming care for trans and gender diverse children. 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The Commerce Commission has issued a draft decision to reduce fees for businesses accepting card payments. It's proposing an estimated reduction of around $260 million a year where costs are handed down from banks to process payments. The commission revealed in July that businesses incur $1 billion in fees to provide card payments. Chair Dr John Small told Heather du Plessis-Allan a few will be annoyed by it, but it's important they strike a balance. He says they've consulted widely on it and believe they're at a point where they can simplify these rates and bring them down. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If there's one city council facility in Christchurch that never seems to have a bad word said about it, it's the He Puna Taimoana hot pools at New Brighton. I would actually say that the pools are one of Christchurch's great post-earthquake success stories. What's more, they don't run at a loss. How often can you say that about anything run by a local council? Tell that to city councillor Aaron Keown, though. Because he's come up with this idea of selling the hot pools to try and get some cash in the door, so the council can avoid increasing rates by about nine percent next year. I'm telling you now. It would be the wrong thing to do. And I don't think it matters whether you've been there or not to know how daft an idea this is. Because those pools have become one of Christchurch's absolute gems. I haven't actually been there for a dip myself. But I know plenty of people who have - and they all rave about it. In fact, I was talking to someone this morning who went there for the first time just a few weeks ago. He described it as “exceptional”. And if you're hearing this and thinking ‘oh must give it a go'. Today is your lucky day. Because I checked the online booking system earlier and there are spaces available right now. It's your lucky day because, sometimes, the hot pools can be booked out for days - if not weeks - in advance. That's how popular they are. That was one of the many things that this person I was talking to today loved about going there recently. It wasn't crowded. It was very well controlled. That's a booking system for you. So why is Aaron Keown even entertaining the idea of selling off the pools? It's because the council is really struggling to find ways of avoiding that nine percent rates increase next year. It's not the only idea that's being thrown around the council table. But it's the only one that I'm dead against. Councillor Sara Templeton, for example, has suggested they could sell-off the Lichfield Street carpark. They can do what they want with that, as far as I'm concerned. But leave the hot pools out of this conversation. Because not only is it a success story now. It's been a success story since it opened four-and-a-half years ago. It was late May 2020 and the council was predicting that it wouldn't make any money in its first year. It was executing the pools to run at an $886,000 loss. But it went nuts. And, instead of losing money, it made money. In its first year it turned a profit of $109,000. How many council facilities do that? Not just in Christchurch, but anywhere. They'd hoped to get 75,000 people through the gates. But they had about 120,000 visitors instead. And in March this year, the 500,000th visitor went through the door. At the time, the manager of the pools - Merryn Skipper - said the pools had had a massive positive impact on the local community. She said, since the pools opened, Eftpos spending in the New Brighton area has increased on average by 200,000 transactions a month. Which, all up, equate to about 9.4 million extra Eftpos transactions in the area since May 2020. It's a gold mine! So where is councillor Aaron Keown coming from with this idea of his? He reckons Ngāi Tahu Tourism would be right up for buying the pools. He says: “With another operator it might be better for the area. Especially if we throw them a consent to build a nice big hotel across the road.” Where I think that idea falls over, is the fact that 85 percent of the people who go there are locals. Either way, if the council wants to avoid that nine percent rates increase, it needs to come up with other ideas. Flogging-off the hot pools shouldn't be one of them. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealanders can now make contactless payments entirely on iPhones. Any retailer with a supported iPhone can accept payments from cards or digital wallets. It's paid via an app from one of Apple's payments service partners including Stripe, Worldline, Windcave, and ANZ. Ben Hanna, Head of New Zealand at Stripe, told Mike Hosking that it cuts down on the costs of running a traditional Eftpos machine. He says it cuts down on hardware costs, deployment time, and administration. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian's love affair with paying by card - and not cash - has now surpassed 90% of transactions.  And each time we tap our card, the merchant incurs a cost that's passed onto you, the customer, to the tune of billions of dollars a year.So who gets the money? As part of a Review of Retail Payments Regulation, the RBA is expecting the industry - the banks, card companies and payment terminal companies - to cut processing costs by using what's called 'least cost routing'.Brad Kelly, Managing Director of Consulting Company, Payment ServicesWes Lambert, CEO of the Australian Restaurant and Cafe AssociationThe ACCC is seeking significant penalties for Coles and Woolworths in the Federal Court, alleging they systematically misled customers with their 'Prices Drop' and 'Down Down' claims. Neil Rechlin, Partner at NextGen Group

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We kick off the pod with Olympics chat, how great was it! Marko doesn't understand something about the cycling, we discuss. Leads to a chat about aerodynamics. Who'd have thought.Raygun. We discuss. Ouch. Ox watched her try-out for the Olympics and describes her as being like under 14's vs an AFL team. She was awful, and Ox believes she should be fined. Ox and Marko watched the closing ceremony and loved it, Marko felt the Olympics were very phallic. He explains.Ox was at a 50th at the weekend, and got home in time to watch the water polo. He noticed something about he commentary which he thought was bizarre. We discuss some of the commentators at the games. Ox and Marko chat about the gymnastics and how on earth the athletes do what they do, and the diving as well.And after the break......Ox rolls out a very ordinary fact that he pretends is a stat. He's incorrect. At this point he is clearly ripping the piss.And then..... The Ox fires tip. He is angry about how his beloved Demons have performed and calls for a review into Simon Goodwin and the entire coaching department. He says that the administration have also leet the fans down and it has been another wasted year. He questions the handling of Angus Brayshaw, Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver.After The Ox finished ripping the Demons a new one, we chat to one of his mates Waz who tells us a couple of stories about the big fella.We discuss Eftpos charges. Rivetting.Lots of feedback, including a consistent theme of feedback on one thing that you have asked Ox and Marko to stop doing on the pod.A couple of weekends ago, Ox and Marko hosted a fundraiser for Very Special Kids, and something extraordinary happened at the event which had everyone in tears, It's a wonderful organisation, and if you can spare a few bucks, you can find them here.And we wrap up the show, and the season, with a typically appalling joke.Thanks to the wonderful team at the E&S Trading Clearance Centre in Clayton, Melbourne on Dandenong Road - right opposite Ikea. After an incredible deal on amazing gear? You won't believe the prices!We'd love you to follow a Couple of Blokes, and get involved with the show on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. If you've got a comment or feedback, send a voicemail to Ox and Marko here. And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast wherever you listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Acceptance that reviewing the way fees are charged for PayWave and online card transactions in New Zealand is a positive for all. The Commerce Commission is consulting on regulation it says could save Kiwis $250 million. People spend $1 billion each year on fees in-store and online. Small Business New Zealand founder and BSP advisory group director Phil Wicks is questioning whether some retailers are taking advantage. “There is quite a variation in fees. I mean at the end of the day, the retailers shouldn't really be making profits from their EFTPOS. They should be making their profits from the goods and services that they sell.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Laura Schleifer is the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Conference Director, Program Chair at Promoting Enduring Peace, and co-founder of Plant the Land, a Gaza-based vegan food justice/community projects team. A lifelong “artivist” and graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she's performed throughout the Middle East with a circus troupe, taught in China, Nicaragua, and at Wesleyan University's Green Street Arts Center, performed off-Broadway, and arts-mentored homeless youth. Her screenplay, The Feral Child, was a Sundance Screenwriters' Lab finalist. Her essays appear in New Politics Magazine, Forca Vegan, and multiple anthologies, including "Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination; Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation" (Peter Lang, 2024), "Kropotkin Now! Life, Freedom and Ethics" (Black Rose Books, 2023), "Neoliberal Schooling of Selfishness and Exploitation: Rubricization and Corporatization of Higher Education", (Peter Lang, 2022) and "Fever Spores; William S. Burroughs and Queer Letters", (Rebel Satori Press, 2022).Links:Plant the Land Team Gaza is a vegan food justice and community projects volunteer team based in Gaza, co-founded by Anas Arafat, a Gazan humanitarian aid activist, and Laura Schleifer, a USAmerican vegan, Free Palestine solidarity activist and Total Liberation Campaign Director at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies. Plant the Land Team buys and distributes vegan food, plants food forests, and provides Gazan farmers with seeds and planting tools. Previous fundraising projects have also included providing plant-based insulin to children with diabetes, providing medical treatment, providing warm winter coats and blankets made from plant-based materials, and our yearly vegan food fundraiser for Ramadan. Follow Plant the Land on social media on Facebook and YouTube:https://www.facebook.com/PlantTheLandTeamGaza/  and https://www.youtube.com/@plantthelandteamgaza3395  Animal Liberation and Social Revolution by Brian A. Dominick (free download) https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/brian-a-dominick-animal-liberation-and-social-revolution Institute for Critical Animal Studies https://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/ Promoting Enduring Peace https://pepeace.org/  Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Critical Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation, edited by Nathan Poirier, Sarah Tomasello and Amber E. George. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1298884  Kropotkin Now! Life, Freedom and Ethics, edited by Christopher Coquard. https://blackrosebooks.com/products/b-kropotkin-now-b-br-christopher-coquard-ed  Music we played:Public Enemy: Fight the PowerRebel Diaz: 1-800-GenocideLowkey: Palestine will never die 3CR's Radiothon is coming up for the month of June and this year's theme is Sound on for Solidarity. We need your help to keep fierce and indepenendent radio on the airwaves. Please consider donating if you can.Ways to donate:Online: www.3cr.org.au/donate (Note: you can nominate your favourite shows in the form)By phone: Call 03 9419 8377 during business hours (Monday - Friday 9-5pm) to pay by credit card.Come to the station: Drop by the station during business hours and pay by cash or EFTPOS. 21 Smith Street,Fitzroy.Thank you for your support. We welcome your feedback on our shows and would love to hear from you at freedomofspecies@gmail.com

SummarySam went through the ultimate escape room experience this week and spoke to someone trying hard to sell some internet. Find out what happened.We learn about the Trump debt counter website and a mobile app called Minutiae and a chrome extension Chris uses to help with LinkedIn.We learn more woman might actually be psychopaths, some Tesla driver had to be rescued from some water.There was a nationwide problem with payment at petrol stations which just seemed stupid and local news Newshub got told they are shutting out.And we round things off talking about a woman that had her insurance claim denied due to throwing a Christmas tree.LinksTrump debt counter websiteMinutiae phone appLinkedIn Chrome Extension - My Most Trusted NetworkMore woman might be psychopaths then first thoughtTesla owners rescued from water by floating sauna customersProblem with EFTPOS at self service petrol stationsWilly Wonka Immersive experience was crapNewshub closing down Woman loses out on her insurance claim after throwing a Christmas Tree Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Checkpoint's reported on the rise of a new eftpos machine that poses the sometimes awkward tipping question to customers on a brightly lit screen. It's hard to ignore; Do you want to tip 5,10 or 15%? But electronic tipping also raises a bunch of questions such as who is in control of the money and who gets it. Employment lawyer Barbara Buckett from BuckettLaw speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6347428629112

Last night we brought you the story about new, updated EFTPOS machines which are making it a little more awkward for customers to say 'no' to adding a tip. The new machines prompt customers on a brightly lit screen to tip an extra five, ten or fifteen percent. In small print you can opt out. Felix Walton reports. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6347361393112

A Wellington taxi company says it's dropping its flat card fee - which it has been applying to Eftpos payments in order to comply with Commerce Commission rules. But other taxi companies are continuing a charge the commission says is unjustifiable for consumers. Ellen O'Dwyer reports

Could tipping become the new norm in restaurants around New Zealand? A roll out of new, upgraded EFTPOS machines have been posing the awkward "tipping" question to customers on a brightly lit screen, hard to ignore. Do you want to tip 5, 10, or 15 percent? Some restaurant owners and staff believe it's time Kiwis were a bit more generous, while others say it puts pressure on customers. Bella Craig reports.

A blind Dunedin resident says she's had to resort to telling shop workers her pin number because touchscreen Eftpos machines are unusable. Unlike a typical Eftpos machine with raised keys, the Verifone machines have flat touch screens with a voice prompt feature for accessibility. Verifone says it's working on improvements, but an advocate for blind people wants such machines off the counters. Tess Brunton has more.

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John MacKenzie chats with a talkback caller, Frankie Hogan, about some local businesses that are deciding to go cashless in an effort to protect staff from crime. Frankie was one of many concerned citizens who successfully led the charge against the council's ban on cash at certain facilities. With crime running rampant in and around Cairns, and following attacks and threats against staff members, some business owners are making the tough decision to EFTPOS only, even if it means losing profits.

Hackers have attacked Auckland Transport's HOP system, knocking out a number of services for at least a week. Online top-ups and transactions using Eftpos and credit cards are out while some ticket and top-up machines are also unavailable. AT chief executive Dean Kimpton confirmed it was a ransomware attack, called Medusa, and no personal or financial data was believed to have been compromised. Gorilla Technology chief executive Paul Spain spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

A Wellington business owner is rubbishing claims retail spending isn't being hit by cycle ways. The city council has released EFTPOS spending figures across areas where there have been major changes to street layouts. The figures show spending dropped about 20% along Riddiford Street during the installation of the controversial Newtown cycle way, but recovered immediately after. However General Grocer Owner and Newtown Spokesperson Urmila Bhana says the figures misrepresent reality.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eftpos, the payment system widely used in New Zealand for more than 30 years, is plummeting in popularity. The thought of them disappearing altogether is concerning for some people who don't like using smartphones or want to avoid the extra fees that come with PayWave. But while Eftpos faces an uncertain future, new and cheap forms of payment are starting to emerge. Tom Taylor reports.

The payments landscape has changed a lot over the last few years. There has been a dramatic increase in card and digital transactions, as we move towards a predicted cashless society. In fact, nearly all payments these days are done by card or the digital wallet on our phones.What does this mean for small business? A big increase in transaction fees. Today on the AHC podcast we chat with AHC member Robert Caruana from Smartpay about how to save on your EFTPOS fees and free up cashflow. Because cashflow is everything, as all small business owners know. Smartpay has saved many of our AHC members thousands of dollars in fees for their businesses. If you'd like to learn more, visit the Smartpay website here: https://www.smartpay.com.au/

The rise in the popularity of touchscreen Eftpos machines is leaving some blind low-vision New Zealanders with no option but to share their private details with strangers. The terminals are one of the newer rollouts in a decade of transition towards buttonless self-checkouts. But the advancement in technology means those who are vision impaired can no longer punch in their pin-code, if Paywave is not an option. Wellington's Callum McMenamin, a digital accessibility advocate who has low vision, speaks to Kathryn Ryan.

"This motel ain't big enough for the both of us!" ___ Two families operated a motel together until their relationship deteriorated. 2XD owned the land the motel was operated on and leased it to 1XD, a Co co-owned by 2XD: [2] 2XC had assisted 2XD over the years, and came to assist with the motel: [13] - [17] The arrangements (for 2XC to help at the motel, and to eventually purchase it from 2XD having paid a deposit) were informal and legally unclear - an arrangement defined by “uncertainty, if not confusion”: [24] 1XC (who was in a domestic partnership with 2XC) ran a separate business providing accomodation among other things. After a time 1XC obtained an EFTPOS machine to accept payments: [37] - [41] 2XD stopped payments to the XCs for their work at the motel, apparently planning to set those “non payments” against an eventual purchase price: [42] Sometimes the 2XC used the EFTPOS machine for motel payments: [44] This diverted funds away from the XDs' motel bank account: [46] In early 2020, 2XD decided they did not want to proceed with the sale: [47] In around July 2020, the XDs forcibly evicted the XCs and commenced legal proceedings: [48], [49] The dispute crystallised into arguments which parties owed what money, and why: [51] Complexity arose from the messiness of the legal relationship: [52] The XCs were not employees, nor did they have an “equitable lease”, nor were they agents, nor did any equitable relationship arise: [54] - [65], [92] The Court found the parties had a loose, consensual arrangement whose terms were implied: [66] The XCs claimed their deposit and the unpaid “non payments” for motel work; a total of ~$105K. The Court found no reason existed for payment not to be made and the XCs succeeded in their claim: [86] The XDs claimed (among other things) ~$240K of payments made through the EFTPOS machine. There was no conclusive evidence about which payments related to the motel and which related to 1XC's other business (noting sometimes guests would stay at 1XD's premises if the motel was full). The Court considered the most fair outcome was to award around half the amount claimed to the XDs: [95] - [102] A number of other small claims brought by the XDs failed, including because no fiduciary obligations arose between the parties: [103] - [112] Orders were made that the XCs pay the XDs $132K, and the XDs pay the XCs $105K - a difference of around $27K: [113] The Court invited submissions on costs but suggested an appropriate order may be that each party bear their own costs. Without wishing to be flippant or disrespectful, each party might also bear their own regrets about failing to document their arrangement. ___ If you'd like to contact me please look for James d'Apice or Coffee and a Case Note on your favourite social media spot - I should pop up right away!

Editor of Hawkes Bay Today Chris Hyde talks to Kathryn about Hawke's Bay being named one of the 12 wine capitals of the world, the reopening of State Highway Two to Wairoa and what that means for the community, and the Havelock North coffee shop which gave away free coffees after its Eftpos stopped working. Locals have been quick to pay up. 

Hicaps New Terminals Accessible to Blind or Low vision   These are the EFTPOS terminals you find in allied health centres that you use to pay for your service and/or your private health fund.   I've noticed over the last few weeks these accessible terminals popping up at the Chiropractor, physiotherapist, and Optometrist.   I believe this is part of an upgrade to the new Trinity Terminals that are being upgraded to support blind or low vision.   Ask about this next time you visit the Phisio etc.   https://www.hicaps.com.au   Call Annie   A Chatbot for iPhone you can really talk to and she talks to you.   https://apps.apple.com/app/id6447928709C   Be-My-Eyes   I've seen a few conversations on social media about the fact that the virtual assistant for Be-My-Eyes will not be ready for everyone until September. So for the moment, you will be getting Pending.   How to Hopefully Speed up VoiceOver Launch and running time (no terminal required)   I've tried this and the best I can say is that I think it works. Simply, it gives VoiceOver priority over all other running apps on your Mac.   https://applevis.com/forum/macos-mac-apps/how-hopefully-speed-voiceover-launch-time-performance-mac- no-terminal-required   Some of the Main Stream Tech Stuff That Have disappeared over the last 50 years For Me That I used for Work and Play   Manual Type writer.   Tapes and tape recorders.   Record player and records.   Mini Dictaphone.   Dial up 300 baud modem   Dial up BBS.   Audio Pages.   VCR Player and tapes   Walkman.   Mp3 Players.   iPods.   9 dot matrix printer.   Apple IIE   5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy disks.   4.77mhz, 286, 386, 486 etc IBM compatible PC's.   21 inch CRT monitors.   IBM PS2.   Luggable laptops. Toshiba Laptops for a good 30 years.   MSDOS 3.31.   System 6.07.   Macintosh SE.   Power PC Mac.   Various LC Macs.   IBM OS2.   Windows 3.1.   Brick mobile Phones.   Symbian mobile phones.   First Mac mini running Tiger 10.4.Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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As Te Tai Rāwhiti enters its second week of recovery, many are still struggling. Iwi, community organisations and myriad volunteers are working around the clock, trying to ensure they get what they need.  People who have lost everything now face the reality of not knowing where they'll sleep or get food.    Work to reconnect EFTPOS, internet and cell coverage continues. But it's still patchy, access to banking and cash is limited, and frustration is growing. Māni Dunlop has been on the ground with the volunteers who are co-ordinating support.   

So I note the Police commissioner was saying the other day re the surge in youth offending, that it's up to us to do more about it, and look after our communities better. And then hospitality came out and said staffing issues in the sector may be on us as well. What they're saying is that customers are getting ruder these days, that abuse and poor treatment of hospitality staff is getting more commonplace, and that they're sick of it - and we need to do better. It's apparently turning many off the industry now. An industry that used to be fun, is now not so fun. So it's on us, the customers, to lift our game. Now this has of course been a globally contentious issue recently, thanks to late night TV host James Corden and his - now infamous – verbal altercation with staff at a New York restaurant. Furious they got his wife's meal order wrong three times; he told staff he'd be better off going into the kitchen and cooking it himself. Cue the restaurant owner labelling Corden the rudest man he'd ever met. There is no room for rudeness to people doing their best. I witnessed a supermarket checkout operator getting a dressing down the other day. They of course are the other sector complaining that people are getting ruder, and this customer sadly embodied that. He laid all his groceries on the counter and as she was scanning them through, he announced he didn't have his wallet. He said it was in his car and he'd have to go back to the carpark and get it. The supermarket was chocka, heaving with people, and the queues at each checkout were long and full. The checkout operator politely nodded and as he walked off to head back to the carpark, she finished putting his groceries through, packed them for him, then put his trolley of groceries to one side. She paused the sale and said to us, as we were next in line, that she would put our groceries through as she didn't know how long he would be and she didn't want to hold everyone up. Fair enough. As she was finishing scanning our groceries he returned, visibly agitated that she hadn't waited for him, and pushed past me to the EFTPOS machine where I was waiting to pay and said to the checkout operator, “I hope I'm not paying for these as well, where are my groceries I'm ready to pay.” She politely explained they were all packed for him and the sale had been suspended until he returned and he could pay right after this transaction. I tried to get back to the EFTPOS machine at this point to pay, but he wouldn't budge. Without making any eye contact with me, he leaned in further towards her, she was about 15 years old, and started giving her an ear bashing about not waiting for him. I interjected at this point and told him given the supermarket was chocka what on earth was he expecting, and I apologized to the young checkout girl for his rudeness.  I went ahead and paid, he stood there still fuming. The checkout girl just smiled and said to me, “Thanks, don't worry, I'm resigning anyway, this happens all the time.” So another checkout operator sick of being treated badly, leaves the job. Add that to all the others, and the hospo staff who're sick of it, and you can see that the industry leaders saying a lot of this is our fault, may not all be wrong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Transport Minister says changes to the way Kiwis pay for public transport will help boost patronage. Michael Wood announced this morning that from 2024, people in some parts of the country will be able to pay for bus, ferry and train rides with an EFTPOS or credit card. There's been some criticism this is too long of a wait for many. But Wood told Andrew Dickens that's because there's a lot of work to do to set the system up. “And we're also conscious we want to measure twice, cut once. We want it to get this right when it's rolled out, we don't want there to be mistakes so we'll take a little bit longer to get it right.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EFTPOS machines were down at the Perth Royal Show on Monday, leaving cash-less punters unable to pay for their showbags and dagwood dogs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The West Live producer Kate Ryan and Ben O'Shea unpack the quirky, unusual and entertainment news for the day. Eftpos outage at Royal Show Tash Peterson back in Perth  Granny five times over the limit on a Maccas run  Perth man stabbed in Malaysia   For more on these stories and the latest in entertainment, head to perthnow.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Perth Royal Show punters were outraged after a major EFTPOS outage blamed on Telstra impacted the festival's biggest day.  Organisers said large crowds added to the disruption, with long queues at many of the ATMs working across the venue. Royal Agricultural Society CEO Robyn Sermon said the outage was a Telstra issue and she was seeking clarity if it was fixed in time for show goers today. "Many of the ATMs did get back online last night ... it was a particularly large day yesterday too," she told 6PR Breakfast hosts Oly Peterson and Jenna Clarke.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 125 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter is joined by David Washbrook to talk about the story of Look Who's Charging, one of Australia's Fintech success stories.David shares his journey from bootstrapping to a successful exit and helping the next generation of Fintech founders through Centauri Ventures.About Look Who's ChargingAlong with Stuart Grover and Nicole Grover, David was the co-founder of Look Who's Charging ("LWC").  LWC's technology was adopted by every major banking group in Australia and tech giants like Apple.  LWC's service touched >70% of the Australian population and the business processed 8x the volume of transactions of Visa, Mastercard and EFTPOS combined (>4bn a month).  LWC was sold to Experian PLC (FTSE 100 company) and David left the business at the end of 2021.Since leaving LWC, David has set up a venture fund, Centauri Ventures, which has made over a dozen direct investments primarily in early-stage high-growth companies (see here for portfolio).   In addition, David is the Founder of Helios Technologies, a technology-driven company working on a number of projects to help drive the transition to clean energy including myenergyguide.com.au, solarisedenergy.com and hems.energy.  David has also recently become a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.Connect with David on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtwashbrook/How you can support the show."follow" on your podcast player and leave a five-star review onApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B

A big payday for tech entrepreneur Sir Peter Maire. His company Invenco, an EFTPOS systems company, has been sold to an overseas buyer for $127 million.  It's also part-owned by interests associated with NBR Lister Greg Tomlinson. Business commentator Rod Oram joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A big payday for tech entrepreneur Sir Peter Maire.His company Invenco, an EFTPOS systems company, has been sold to an overseas buyer for $127 million. It's also part-owned by interests associated with NBR Lister Greg Tomlinson.Business commentator Rod Oram joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Weingarth, Co-Founder of SlypPrior to co-founding Slyp, Paul worked for the Commonwealth Bank, Microsoft and PayPal.  Paul's now on a mission – he wants to end paper receipts and plastic loyalty cards; how is it that in 2022 we tap our phone or card or watch to make a payment in-store, then we are handed a chemically coated non-recyclable piece of paper to keep a record of the purchase. 20,000KM of paper receipts are printed every day in Australia. Imagine what the global total is?About Slyp: https://www.slyp.com.au/home With Slyp you can pay with your bank card and automatically receive an itemised tax receipt inside your mobile banking app or via SMS, at no cost – Slyp calls these ‘smart receipts' – A Smart Receipt is a tax compliant, easily accessible proof of purchase that lives directly in the mobile banking app, or via SMS - Slyp is available in the NAB banking app and other banks will follow soon.  Slyp has navigated unchartered territories by becoming Australia's only independent fintech to gain the backing of all four major banks. 'Obsessive Customer Disorder' leads Slyp to digitise receipts and loyalty for Australia's Big Four BanksKey points in the conversation:•Contactless payments is only half finished; Slyp wants to end paper receipts – the ‘last mile' of the payment process•Paul and the other Co-Founders are obsessed with the customer – Paul calls this ‘OCD – Obsessive Customer Disorder'•Nothing good comes from paper receipts•Paul's PayPal experience helped him understand the payments process•The Slyp Smart Receipt has been built on ‘pipes' that haven't been connected before•Slyp integrates directly into the POS terminal (Point of Sale); merchant side•Plus Slyp has built pipes into the banks, so connecting/matching transaction to receipt in a few seconds•Everything is standardised – so Slyp is the one provider that offers a standard experience for all banks (Apps) and all Merchants•Often standardisation & collaboration happens because of regulation (eg EFTPOS, NPP, Open Banking); but Slyp wasn't driven by regulation – it's driven by Slyp.•Slyp receipt is inside the customer's banking app; receipt is displayed inside the banking App. Completely frictionless for the customer.•Fully tax compliant tax receipt. •For Slyp, the receipt is just the start – the customers digital data is available to the Merchant; so the Merchant now has the possibility of starting an ongoing relationship with the customer; eg loyalty, tailoring offers. •Who owns the data? – all parties to the process; Slyp, the Merchant, and the bank, all retain their component parts to the data, and Slyp wants to provide the insights for all parties – Paul uses the term “Data for Delight” – Paul says Slyp is the “Switzerland of the system”•NAB now, the other three banks in the next 12-18 months•Slyp Smart Receipts will always be free. •Business model is a SaaS model for the banks, and Freemium service for the merchants; they can take up additional services if they want.•Australia is a great place to start a fintech. Australian consumers who love using new technology, and adopt new technology very fast, especially mobile and payments.•The fintech and banking eco-system is a leader in contactless payments. •Concentration in banking of the four majors (NAB, CBA, Westpac, ANZ), plus two large / dominant merchants/supermarket chains (Coles, Woolworths), plus only two card providers (Mastercard, Visa) means it was easier for Slyp to create a standardised product. Paul says this set-up is ‘the perfect storm”•Funding: Slyp has received investment from all four of Australia's big banks: NAB, ANZ, CBA and Westpac – the first time ever in

Printable lipstick to perfectly match the colour of your outfit.  Air raid alerts directly to your phone.  Play the GENIGMA app and help cancer research.  Monitor the quality of your indoor air with these devices.  Airbus powering aircraft with Hydrogen.  Hang Ten on your surfboard at your nearest inland surfing lake!  CDs are making a comeback after 17 years.  Apple's iOS 15.4 can turn your phone in to an EFTPOS machine.  Less flower, more power with the modern VW Kombi Van. 

Hospitality businesses will continue to ask for government support, as more close their doors. Latest figures from the Restaurant Association show businesses are reporting a 30 percent decrease in year-on-year revenues. Eftpos data also shows a 30 percent decrease in transactions in January, with hospitality being one of the hardest hit sectors. Auckland Restaurant Association President Krishna Botica told Mike Hosking targeted support is their only hope. “We don't know how we can turn the dial. We have safe venues, we are masked, we are vaccinated, we are sanitised and we are physically distanced and people still don't come.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hospitality businesses will continue to ask for government support, as more close their doors. Latest figures from the Restaurant Association show businesses are reporting a 30 percent decrease in year-on-year revenues. Eftpos data also shows a 30 percent decrease in transactions in January, with hospitality being one of the hardest hit sectors. Auckland Restaurant Association President Krishna Botica told Mike Hosking targeted support is their only hope. “We don't know how we can turn the dial. We have safe venues, we are masked, we are vaccinated, we are sanitised and we are physically distanced and people still don't come.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Westpac technical product manager Rachel Thewlis talks to Westpac Wire's Emma Foster about the bank's new Android-based EFTPOS payment terminals, soon to replace around 110,000 end-of-life terminals across Australia. She explains why accessibility has been at the forefront of the terminal's design, including getting input from people who are blind or have low vision. A transcript of the interview is available at www.westpac.com.au, search for the story titled "Tapping accessibility in new payment terminals".

Net-zero negotiations, hydrogen, safety concerns for politicians, a third Australian travels into space, Eftpos' new e-QR code. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the show this week we talk about the importance of good HDMI cables, we explain how EFTPOS QR payments will work, we look at the latest from Bowers & Wilkins and then look at the calm before the storm, three major tech events coming up next week.Don't forget to leave a review and feel free to contact me directly at any time.Make sure you check out https://officefortomorrow.com for my latest storiesYou can follow Geoff Quattromani on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/gquattromanior Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gquattromanion Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GeoffQuattromanior text me on +61 467 439 078 (not kidding)

EFTPOS introduces new QR Code payment options See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode Tarun Bhasin, CEO of Kunai is joined by Brad Kelly, Managing Director at Payment Services. We continue the conversation on the ubiquity of FinTech and discuss various facets of buy now, pay later (BNPL) and how it will affect the current market, both in America and Australia. Brad lends his expertise to the phenomenon of BNPL, interrogates its role in the Australian banking system, and reflects on the regulatory challenges it will likely face with conservative banks in the not too distant future.Key Points From This Episode:Introducing today's guest Brad Kelly, Managing Director of Payment Services, and our host Tarun Bhasin, CEO of Kunai.An overview of the Australian banking and customer market today, and what the future holds.How the Pareto principle is evident in Australian banking.How banks use the data provided by the Australian reserve bank every month.The considerable growth of debit cards in Australia and how citizens are changing their spending habits.How Afterpay works and why it's not necessarily as profitable as it presents itself to be.A discussion of BNPL and its presence in Sydney, Australia as well as Apple's potential plans for it in the United States.PayPal's presence in Australia and how their transaction fees are structured.The strategies that Afterpay is using to target Millennials.Why Qantas is a serious player in the financial services market, and how they demonstrate that credit cards will continue to grow and be popular. Why Starbucks initially fared very poorly in Australia and how they were eventually able to find a market with American tourists.How digital wallets differ in Australia and America.Why buy now, pay later cards are limited in their revenue potential.How the different regulations around credit in Australia and America affects average spending habits.Tweetables:“Basically, you can apply this 80-20 Pareto principle to all Australian banking, and they've successfully watered off just about every challenge that's ever come at them. The ones that have, they buy them. That's pretty much how it works.” — Brad Kelly [0:02:05]“Australia has a couple of unique quirks besides killer spiders and snakes and people called Hemsworth. What we've got is a very strong banking system, but we've got this indigenous debit payment network called EFTPOS, and it's been around for about 45 years.” — Brad Kelly [0:04:14]“So the Citibank model, for instance, which is a virtual card in a wallet, and it runs on MasterCard rails. So what that means is it just behaves like a standard card or the point of sale. There's nothing tricky necessarily about it. ” — Brad Kelly [0:11:15]“I think the real risk for Afterpay and their cohorts is the risk of regulation.” — Brad Kelly [0:33:52]Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Brad Kelly on LinkedInTarun BhasinKunaiSniipAfterPayMarqetaPayPal

This week we find out an engineer keeps local business operators onside as he digs up the footpath and roads outside their stores: An update on the upgrade of Lord Place and Byng St.And, last year's 'Retail Recovery' campaign that gave away a thousand fifty-dollar EFTPOS cards is coming back this year for a second round of much-needed retail therapy, but this time you can also go out of orange to go shopping.

On today's catch up... What home décor are you not allowed to display?  It's NO BRA DAY tomorrow! We talk to the More FM family that are getting involved! An embarrassing misunderstanding.. turns out Airforce and Eftpos sound the same. Catch us 3-7pm weekdays on More FM & on the ROVA app!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robbery is different from theft, while both are the act of taking someone else's property unlawfully, robbery differentiates itself by its use of either force or fear which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. An aggravated robbery is the crime of robbery committed by more than one person, or with a weapon, or where a victim is grievously injured. Robberies began to fall out of popularity in the 1990s due to the increased use of EFTPOS and other cashless methods of paying for goods. Bank robberies also became less attractive to potential criminals due to increased security such as guards, silent alarms and CCTV cameras. Making the likelihood of getting away with a robbery much more improbable. However, there will always be the criminally minded who believe they can beat the odds and walk out with bags of cash, jump in their getaway vehicle and drive off into the sunset. This is a tale of such folk, the day the Mighty Mongrel Mob robbed the Naenae Westpac Trust Bank. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.

From opening a business at 19 and not knowing to write a cheque or use an EFTPOS machine, to now being prominently featured in Vogue and running a successful atelier in Sydney, Lillian Khallouf shares her A to Z journey. We do a deep dive into who the LK woman represents and what's next on the horizon for the brand. Tune in to also hear how the power of words and manifesting have helped her craft her definition of success & wealth, and a few heart warming moments about her upbringing. If you enjoy this weeks episode, it would mean the world to me if you to share it with someone you think will love it, or leave us a rating/review on your preferred channel ♡ Stay Balanced!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thebalancetheory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show we wanted to know how EFTPOS works, plus Human Traffic. Plus two girls from our office - one who gave her eggs, and one who's getting her lips done.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.