Technology crimps cash’s cachet
Technology crimps cash’s cachet
C ash is no longer king, making up less than a quarter of the value of all payments made in Australia, as the value curve bends toward online and card based transactions. It’s a shift that has prompted the Reserve Bank’s Strategic Review of Innovation in the Payments System which could ultimately dictate the nature of computer systems the big banks will need in order to comply with the shifting …
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Australians must increase productivity: Treasury head
Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson is warning Australians face declining living standards if they do not increase productivity.
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Britain, Businesses And Bribes
Six months of the year have already flashed by and we’re now in the second half of 2011. What’s more, a very significant piece of legislation takes effect today: the Bribery Act 2010.Corrupt countriesSince …
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