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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Industry

PayTo vs direct debit for business payments

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.

PayTo and direct debit both enable businesses to collect payments from customer bank accounts. However PayTo introduces real time authorisation, better controls and faster settlement.

Industry

PayTo API for platforms and SaaS businesses

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.

PayTo APIs allow platforms and SaaS businesses to create, manage and collect authorised payments directly from customer bank accounts. They are designed for recurring billing, usage based pricing and multi merchant payment flows.

Industry

PayTo agreements explained for Australian businesses

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.

A PayTo agreement is a digital payment authorisation that allows a business to initiate payments from a customer account under agreed terms. It gives customers more visibility and control while giving businesses faster settlement and better reconciliation.

Industry

What is PayTo

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.

What is PayTo and how it works for businesses