E-commerce Hot topics in Australia
Westpac claims security breach at payment gateway; Visa confirms data tapes theft
Visa has confirmed that recent mass credit-card account cancellations at Westpac are related to a data tape theft in late May. more?
ACCC identifies more companies running misleading advertisements at Google
The Trading Post business of Telstra subsidiary - Sensis is only of a number of companies named as offenders by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its action against Google in the Federal Court. more?
Confusion reigns over new credit-card interchange fees
Uncertainty and confusion still surrounds the new and lower credit-card interchange fees announced at the end of last month by both Visa and MasterCard. In particular, it remains unclear when the savings will be passed on to eligible merchants in the form of lower bank charges. more?
Telstra takes government to Federal court over regional broadband funding decision
Last months surprise government decision to award nearly $A1billion in subsidies to a Singapore Telecom and Elders ‘Opel’ consortium under its Broadband Connect program has prompted Telstra to take court action against Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Helen Coonan. more?
4000 extra public servants needed for smart-card registration process?
Registering some 16.7million Australians for a health and welfare smart card by the proposed 2010 start date will require at least 2000 extra public servants and perhaps as many as 4000. more?
Google Adwords tips from Tim O'Brien, webstrategy.com.au
Tim O'Brien is the founder and director of Melbourne-based Web Strategy Resources (www.webstrategy.com.au). He is one of the pioneers of ecommerce in Australia. more?
auDA Names panel decides against direct registration into .au name space
The group reviewing Australian Domain Name Administration Ltd’s ( auDA) policies on registering and transferring domain names has decided against allowing direct registration of names into the .au name space. more?
NAB no longer selling NSIPS Internet payment gateway service
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has stopped offering its National Secure Internet Payments Service (NSIPS) to merchants wanting to add ecommerce functionality to their web-sites. more?
Australian government to try again with ANZ and Identrus digital certificates
ANZ Bank and the Australian government’s Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR) have agreed to explore using chip-cards containing an IdenTrust digital certificate for secure access to online government services. more?
Professional eBay Sellers Alliance to hold local summits.
September 11th in Sydney and September 14th in Melbourne will see the first events organised by the new Australian branch of the Professional eBay Sellers Association (PeSA). | 
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