This includes payments from credit and debit cards as well. However, the bank will continue to allow payments from crypto exchanges. The bank pointed to data claiming that Australians lost over ...

Some 99% of Australians have at least one debit or credit card, with almost half holding both, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). In fact, since the pandemic, our use of debit cards ...

Australia has announced plans to ban debit card surcharges that the country’s central bank estimates are costing consumers nearly 1 billion Australian dollars ($671m) a year. Australia’s ...

Asked for the reason behind the fee increase, a HSBC Australia spokesperson told news.com.au the bank is “committed ... their Australian credit and debit cards at overseas businesses, banks ...

HSBC-owned First Direct removed its foreign usage fees in 2023, so its customers enjoy free card payments and withdrawals abroad . Using a First Direct debit card overseas costs the same as using it ...

SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Australia is planning to reduce bank card surcharges, including the elimination of transaction fees on debit cards, the government said on Monday, as the use of cash ...

SYDNEY: HSBC Holdings ... A$516mil in credit cards and A$538mil in other household loans, according to disclosures filed with the regulator. Australia’s consumer banking industry has been ...