Company:New Payments Platform
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Australia |
| Website | www |
The New Payments Platform (NPP), operated by New Payments Platform Australia Ltd (NPPA)[1] is an industry-wide payments platform for Australia. It was first made accessible to the general public on 13 February 2018[2] with the launch of PayID, an addressing capability, and Osko,[3] the first NPP overlay service, operated by BPAY. As of November 2022, there are close to 13 million registered PayIDs.[4]
The new instant payment platform for real-time low value payments was in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia's Payment System Board’s Conclusions to the Strategic Review of the Innovation in Payments System publication.[5] The NPP was announced in July 2013 by APCA.[6] In December 2014, the Program proceeded to the third phase, "design, build and test". In 2015 a contract was signed with SWIFT to design, build and operate the platform.[7]
In September 2021, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) authorised a proposed merger of the New Payments Platform with eftpos Payments Australia Ltd and BPAY Pty Ltd.[8]
Mandated Payment Service and PayTo
The Mandated Payment Service is now known as PayTo. It is a system for enabling "withdrawals" on the NPP. The NPP does not inherently support "withdrawals", so the service provides an overlay allowing the "withdrawing" party to create a payment order and authorisation request. [9]
PayID and PayTo routing
PayID is NPP's addressing service to enable payments. Its PayTo facility allows for payments to be sent by a user to a PayID.[10] The following chart compares PayID mobile payments via NPP to electronic payments, or bank transfers.
| Compare | PayID/PayTo | Bank Transfer |
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| Transfer Time | Less than 1 minute, normally [11] | Up to 3 Working Days |
| Activation | Opt-In, via your bank | Always |
| Payee ID | Phone number, email or ABNs[12] | BSB & Account Number |
| Withdrawals | via PayTo | Possible (if they have your password) |
| Direct Debit | via PayTo, with payee authorisation | Possible, but requires payee to cancel |
| Availability | 24/7 | Banking hours only |
| Full Payee Name | Confirmed before approval | Not included |
| Transfer description | 280 characters (allows emojis) | 18 characters |
| Remitter name | Personal or business account name | 16 characters |
| Change accounts | Keep PayID or create new one | Same BSB & new account number |
| Switch banks | Keep PayID or create new one | New BSB & new account number |
| Multiple ID's | Use multiple emails | Never |
| Pay Overseas | In the near future | Current |
PayID will coexist with the BSB and account number addressing scheme.
Osko
Osko is owned and operated by BPAY, and operates on the NPP as an overlay service. It uses PayID as a reference for payments. Payments are instant to accounts that have been transferred to previously.
In the spring of 2021, BPAY attributed a change in NPPA strategy (particularly the announcement of MPS, the Mandated Payment Service), as the cause of write-down in the value of their Osko business.[13]
Online Scams
PayID has been noted in Australia as a vehicle for online scammers on social media marketplaces. [14][15][16]
References
- ↑ Nelson, Jake (2021-08-06). "ACCC Seeks Input On Eftpos Mega-Merger". CHANNELNEWS. https://www.channelnews.com.au/accc-seeks-input-on-eftpos-mega-merger/.
- ↑ Lekakis, George (7 April 2021). "BPAY Group claims strategy shift at NPPA helped trigger Osko write-down". https://www.bankingday.com/bpay-group-claims-nppa-strategy-shift-helped-trigger-osko-write-down.
- ↑ "Osko by BPAY". https://www.osko.com.au/.
- ↑ "The NPP October 2022 Roadmap has been published". 4 November 2022. https://nppa.com.au/npp-roadmap-provides-update-on-the-platforms-uptake-and-capability-development.
- ↑ "Strategic Review of Innovation in the Payments System: Conclusions" Reserve Bank of Australia; June 2012.
- ↑ Industry wide program to develop the "Industry-wide program to develop the New Payments Platform gets underway" Australian Payments Network. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ↑ "RBA Advocates A Strong Digital Identity System". Digital Finance Analytics. 11 December 2019. https://digitalfinanceanalytics.com/blog/tag/npp/.
- ↑ Barbaschow, Asha (2021-09-08). "ACCC gives green light to Eftpos' merger with BPay and NPPA". ZDNET (Red Ventures). https://www.zdnet.com/finance/accc-gives-green-light-to-eftpos-merger-with-bpay-and-nppa/.
- ↑ "NPP Mandated Payments Service - enabling third party payment initiation". 7 May 2020. https://nppa.com.au/enabling-third-party-payment-initiation-on-the-npp-an-update-on-the-mandated-payments-service/.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Bank Modernises Payments with PayTo". Fintech Finance. 2022-09-16. https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/commonwealth-bank-modernises-payments-with-payto/.
- ↑ https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/sep/the-new-payments-platform-and-fast-settlement-service/ [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Pay ID
- ↑ Lekakis, George (7 April 2021). "BPAY Group claims strategy shift at NPPA helped trigger Osko write-down". https://www.bankingday.com/bpay-group-claims-nppa-strategy-shift-helped-trigger-osko-write-down.
- ↑ "NAB warns of new PayID scam targeting Aussies selling items online" (in en-AU). https://news.nab.com.au/news/payid-scam/.
- ↑ "Amber tried to sell her bed online. Then she lost hundreds of dollars" (in en). 2023-02-18. https://7news.com.au/news/cyber-security/a-payid-scam-is-swindling-online-sellers-out-of-thousands-of-dollars-amber-fell-for-it--c-9750083.
- ↑ "Tasmanians being urged to be alert to PayID scams" (in en). https://www.premier.tas.gov.au/site_resources_2015/additional_releases/tasmanians-being-urged-to-be-alert-to-payid-scams.
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