Regulation, opinion and news on how businesses pay and get paid.
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Nine days from closing the card channel to funding it until June 2027. Why the ATO got there, the taxpayer's case, the business case, and what to expect from the 2027 review.
Read the article →Updated. The ATO announced withdrawal on 2 October and the government funded an extension on 9 October. The dated facts, what it means for cashflow, and how card-funded tax payments continue whichever way the 2027 review goes.
Read the article →Cheques fell, bank transfer rose and cards stayed negligible between businesses. The Cleveland Fed and Mastercard data on why, and the one commercial change that has to happen for it to move.
Read the article →From 1 October, pay suppliers and tax by card with nothing to integrate, and let your customers pay you by card without accepting one. Two products, one set of rails.
Read the article →The ruling was written up as a win at the checkout. It also applies to trade invoices. Where the cost of accepting a card landed on 1 October, what the three obvious responses cost and why there is a fourth.
Read the article →The EU, UK and Australia are turning payment terms into compliance. When the date is set for you, how the payment is funded is the only decision still yours.
Read the article →Supply chain finance lends to the supplier. Early settlement pays them. The three assumptions a programme makes, and the cheaper answer when they do not hold.
Read the article →From 1 July 2026 super is paid with every pay run. The amount does not change. When it leaves does, and for most businesses that is the largest permanent working capital change of the year.
Read the article →Victoria's Security of Payment reforms cap payment at 20 business days and bring it into line with the other states. The cash leaves sooner. How it leaves is still yours.
Read the article →Most organisations have spent the last decade improving how supplier invoices move through Procure-to-Pay. Once approved, the invoice simply waits to be paid. This piece names the structural gap between approval and payment. And asks whether it exists by design or by default.
Read the article →If this kind of thinking matters to you, the 2026 white paper "Capital Control Through Supplier Invoice Payments" is the long-form version.
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