Engineering

Australia Card Surcharges Ban : What Small Businesses Should Do Before October 2026

CEO of ShaBaas Pay with over 12 years of experience in payments, fintech and real time payments infrastructure across Australia and the Asia Pacific.
Varinthorn(Jo) Kalra

Co founder and COO of ShaBaas Pay. Works closely with merchants and industry stakeholders on payment innovation, real time payments and the evolving payments ecosystem in Australia.

Australia will remove card payment surcharges from October 2026 following the Reserve Bank of Australia's review of retail payments regulation.

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Fintech

How Real Time Payments Are Transforming Business in Australia

CEO of ShaBaas Pay with over 12 years of experience in payments, fintech and real time payments infrastructure across Australia and the Asia Pacific.
Shrikant Prasad

CEO of ShaBaas Pay with over 18 years of experience in payments, banking and real time payments infrastructure across Australia and the Asia Pacific.

Real time payments are reshaping how Australian businesses manage cash flow, reconciliation, and customer experience. This article explains how real time payments work in Australia, why adoption is accelerating, and how Australian businesses can evaluate platforms built for instant settlement using the New Payments Platform.