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NPP Soundbites

by NPP Australia

Take a closer look inside fast payments with NPP Soundbites. A podcast where organisations and government departments share their insights about using the NPP to deliver new payments innovation, both today and in the future.

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Episodes

  1. Trust in online marketplaces

    What does it take to trust someone you’ve never met when buying or selling online? Courtney Wright from Veme and Rick Iversen from ConnectID join us to explore why trust matters in online marketplaces, how digital identity can help establish confidence between buyers and sellers, and what it…

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  2. How AI is transforming merchant experiences

    AI is reshaping payments, but what does that mean in practice? In this episode, Johnny Ferguson from Tyro and Will Laws from AWS discuss how AI is helping merchants unlock deeper insights, streamline operations, and improve customer experiences. From data-driven decision-making to workflow...

  3. Real-time super: The bigger opportunity

    As Australia moves toward payday super, this episode explores the bigger opportunity beyond the 1 July milestone. In this episode, Grant Doherty from Westpac and Sue Pearce from Aware Super share their perspectives on the shift toward real-time super payments, and what it could unlock across the...

  4. Growing up digital: the age of verification

    How can we make sure young people are protected without locking them out of the digital world? Tony Allen, from the UK Age Check Certification Scheme, and Kieran Donovan, from k-ID, join us to unpack the role of digital identity in age verification, and what it could mean for everything from…

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  5. Confirmation of Payee: building an industry solution

    As Australian banks roll out Confirmation of Payee, this episode takes you behind the scenes of this industry-wide initiative to bring the name-matching service to market. We speak with Anuradha Raman from Pay.UK about the UK’s journey and lessons learned, and hear from AP+’s Tina Meizer about…

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  6. PayTo in action: how smart payments are transforming the customer experience

    Dive into the real-world impact of PayTo through the lens of a corporate end-user who is already embracing real-time, data-rich payments on the NPP. On this episode, Mark Buckland, CEO of Dymocks Learning, explains how PayTo is streamlining operations and improving the customer experience. We’re...

  7. How to build trust in the face of evolving cyberthreats

    For our latest podcast episode, Dave Ellett is joined by Nicola Nicol, Chief Security Officer at CBA, and Cody Kieltyka, Chief Information Security Officer at AP+, to explore Australia’s fast-evolving cyber security landscape. With cybercrime considered one of the biggest challenges facing...

  8. Trust in supporting businesses with real-time payments and PayTo

    For our first POV of 2025, Dave Ellett is joined by payments leaders from ANZ bank, Lisa Vasic and Anuj Mehra, to examine the critical role of trust in real-time payments and the transformative potential of PayTo. Learn how PayTo is enhancing visibility, security, and control for consumers while...

  9. Money, payments, and identity in the metaverse

    Is the metaverse the next frontier for payments? Welcome to episode five of the AP+ POV podcast, where we jump into the cutting edge of digital transactions, and trust, in the rapidly expanding online world. In this episode, Dave Ellett, Chief Commercial Officer at AP+, speaks with renowned…

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  10. Creating trust in the digital economy using digital identity

    In episode four of the AP+ POV podcast, we explore the future of money, payments, and identity through the lens of trust in the digital economy. Joining our host Dave Ellett are NAB’s Executive for Innovations & Partnerships, Brad Carr, and ConnectID’s Managing Director, Andrew Black, who discuss...

  11. Trust in the fight against Fraud & Scams

    According to the ACCC, Australians lost more than $2.7 billion to scams in 2023. In our latest episode of the AP+ POV podcast, Westpac’s Ben Young and Australian Payments Plus’ Katrina Stuart examine what the industry is doing to combat scams including the promising signs of Confirmation of Payee...

  12. Building citizen trust for successful digital ID services

    In our second episode, First Assistant Secretary, Digital ID and Data Policy Division, Department of Finance, John Shepherd & Managing Director, ConnectID, Andrew Black join Chief Commercial Officer Dave Ellett to take a deep dive into what trust means in the digital ID world, how to build trust...

  13. What do we mean by trust, and why is it important?

    In this first episode, our Chair, Catherine Brenner, CEO Lynn Kraus and regular host, Chief Commercial Officer Dave Ellett examine what trust is, what it means to them individually and for Australian Payments Plus as an organisation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  14. Using PayID to combat scams: ABA's Christine Cupitt

    Recently the Australian Banking Association (ABA) and participating member banks launched the "Australian Banks: Working to Protect You" campaign to help protect customers against the growing threat of scams. During this campaign, the ABA highlighted that PayID helps to stop scams because unlike...

  15. The NPP and the digital economy: Minister Jane Hume

    In a recent speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy, Jane Hume, called out the NPP as a key driver of Australia’s digital economy. In this episode of NPP Soundbites, we invited Minister Hume to describe...

  16. UK real-time payments case study: Pay.UK's Kate Frankish - Interview 2

    In the United Kingdom, the roll-out of real-time payments and Open Banking is slightly ahead of Australia, offering an important case study for the Australian market. This is this second of two interviews with Kate Flemish from the UK's leading payment authority, Pay.UK. In this episode hear Kate...

  17. UK real-time payments case study: Pay.UK's Kate Frankish - Interview 1

    In the United Kingdom, the roll-out of real-time payments and Open Banking is slightly ahead of Australia, offering an important case study for the Australian market. This is this first of two interviews with Kate Flemish from the UK's leading payment authority, Pay.UK. In this episode she...

  18. Bain & Co's Richard Fleming: global trends to shape payments in 2022

    As co-leader of Bain & Company's Global Digital Banking Initiative, Richard Fleming's work finds him at the heart of transformative change within organisations in the banking, insurance, wealth management and payments sectors. In this final episode for 2021, Richard reflects on global trends...

  19. Chubb breaks new ground with ANZ, offering instant payouts via the NPP

    Chubb Insurance is the first insurer to use the NPP to offer instant payouts to its customers. In this episode hear Chubb's Gerard Sitaramayya and ANZ's Michael Lim, discuss how this award winning solution has overhauled Chubb's customer experience and vastly improved operational efficiency. See...

  20. What's in a name? The story behind 'PayTo'

    Earlier this year, PayTo was revealed as the name for the NPP's Mandated Payments Service – the new, digital way for merchants and businesses to initiate real-time payments from their customers’ bank accounts. Hear Richard Curtis from FutureBrand discuss the process his organisation followed with...

  21. Technology facilitated abuse and the NPP

    The data richness of NPP payments, including the ability to include longer descriptions with a payment, is a central benefit of the New Payments Platform. However, like other technology carriers, this benefit is open to misuse. Hear Karen Bentley, CEO of Wesnet (the National peak body for...

  22. Data-rich real-time payments around the world

    Anita LeMaire from FIS Global draws from the Flavors of Fast 2020 and the Performance Against Customer Expectations (PACE) reports to take us on a trip around the world to look at the latest developments in data-rich real-time payments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  23. Services Australia: delivering real-time emergency payments 24/7

    Since launching on the NPP in late 2018, Services Australia has used the 'always on' real-time platform to make emergency payments during events such as bushfires, floods and the COVID19 pandemic. In this episode of NPP Soundbites Jarrod Moore, Services Australia’s Director of Payments, Strategy...

  24. Up: NPP and 'conversational payments'

    When digital bank 'Up' launched in 2018, its unique proposition was quickly taken up by a young customer base - some who had never heard of three day bank transfers or BSB and account numbers. In this episode of NPP Soundbites, hear Up's cofounder, Dominica Pym, and Head of Product, Anson Parker,...

  25. GoCardless: lessons in third party payment initiation from the UK

    Luke Fossett from GoCardless discusses the potential of 'PayTo', NPP's mandated payments service. In particular, we look at lessons from the UK market when it comes to third party payment initiation and Open Banking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  26. NAB's Rachel Slade: has the NPP met our expectations?

    Listen to Rachel Slade, Group Executive Personal Banking at NAB, discuss whether the NPP we see today meets the expectations set by the Real Time Payments Committee back in 2013, and the lessons we should apply to the future delivery of the NPP's Mandated Payments Service. See...

  27. The Clearing House: fast payments in the United States

    Shortly before the launch of Australia’s NPP, in late 2017 The Clearing House rolled out America’s first real-time payments infrastructure - the RTP network. In this episode, take a virtual trip to the United States to hear Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Development at The Clearing...

  28. Reserve Bank of Australia's Stephanie Connors discusses government use of the NPP

    When the COVID19 pandemic was declared, government departments charged with responding to the emergency used the NPP to access funding in near real-time, thanks to a significant program of work that was completely literally weeks before. In this episode of NPP Soundbites, Deputy Head of the…

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  29. Azupay's John Murphy says consumer adoption is key to moving innovation onto the NPP

    John Murphy is the recently appointed CEO of Azupay, one of the first organisations to offer C2B payments via the NPP. John was also a founding member of the Real Time Payments Committee in 2013, which designed the strategy and design concept for the NPP. In this episode John explains the...

  30. Block8: combining fast payments with DLT and blockchain

    The application of blockchain in payments is a topic often debated. In this episode of NPP Soundbites, Samuel Brooks, the Chief Technology Officer at Block8, explains how his blockchain development studio has created and delivered enterprise solutions that combine block chain with real-time...

  31. Split Payments: combining the NPP with Open Banking

    In episode five of NPP Soundbites, Adrian Kennedy, Cofounder and Executive Director of Split Payments explains how the fintech is combining the NPP with Open Banking to drastically enhance and improve account-to-account banking. He also makes a case for placing morality at the heart of future...

  32. Assembly Payments: using the NPP to enable future business models

    Tim Dickinson is co-CEO of Assembly Payments, the first non bank to go live on the NPP, and an organisation that has now moved more than AUD$4b across the platform. In this NPP Soundbite, Tim explains how Assembly Payments has evolved its NPP enabled offerings since it launched two years ago, and...

  33. Simone Joyce discusses the MPS and Fintech participation in the NPP

    Fintech Australia Chair and CEO and co-founder of Paypa Plane, Simone Joyce, discusses the Mandated Payments Service, Fintech participation in the NPP and adapting government regulatory framework to support wider NPP participation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  34. Monoova: Helping rapidly scaling companies remove obstacles to their growth

    Monoova is an NPP Identified Institution and early NPP adopter. CEO Christian Westerlind Wigstrom explains how Monoova uses the NPP’s capabilities to offer real-time account payables and receivables functionality, helping rapidly scaling companies remove obstacles to their growth. See...

  35. Earnd: Financial wellbeing and the NPP

    Earnd uses the NPP to enable employees to access up to 50 per cent of their pay in real-time without charge. General Manager of Earnd Australia, Brad Joffe, explains how the fintech accesses the NPP to improve people’s lives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Take a closer look inside fast payments with NPP Soundbites. A podcast where organisations and government departments share their insights about using the NPP to deliver new payments innovation, both today and in the future.

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