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Bizpay, the Australian fintech offering buy now, pay later services for business-to-business invoices, has fallen into voluntary administration.

Debt collectors are chasing small businesses which fall into auto-renewing contracts they can no longer afford, the New South Wales Small Business Commissioner says, highlighting problematic behaviour by big-name service providers and the power imbalance between businesses large and small.

Australian hospitality tech platform Liven is aggressively recruiting restaurants and cafes affected the recent Square outage, promising free migration and zero-fee options to businesses which swap to its new Android point-of-sale (POS) system.

Insurance premiums could fall if insurers did a better job of recognising the disaster mitigation efforts taken by their policy-holders, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones said.

Minimum income thresholds for skilled migrants will rise nearly $20,000 and all temporary skilled workers will be granted a pathway to permanent residency by the end of 2023, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said.

A new Treasury consultation paper puts the spotlight on least-cost routing: the system allowing small businesses to choose the cheapest payment system whenever a customer taps their card.

Representatives for one of Melbourne's most prominent dining districts actively discouraged restaurants and cafes from using Deliveroo Australia before its collapse.

Afterpay has inked a deal that will see it move into a new vertical, offering millennials pay-now-travel-later holiday options.

Legislators in the US are considering whether to ban cashless businesses, while closer to home, Aussies are transitioning to a cashless economy.

RBA governor Phillip Lowe says Australia has reached a turning point on digital payments, but there are some very big issues that need to be dealt with.

Lloyds Auctioneers has been issued with infringement notices after overcharging some consumers by hundreds of dollars, the ACCC has alleged.

Small businesses are warned to be wary of consultants and advisers who claim they can get them a great deal on the R&D tax incentive, after a Queensland business was fined more than $4 million this for encouraging clients to lodge overstated or ineligible claims.