Australia Considers Regulation of Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Payment Services

Australia Considers Regulation of Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Payment Services
An iPhone is used to make an Apple Pay purchase at The Post Office in London, England, on July 14, 2015. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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The Australian government is considering new laws that would standardise regulation across the digital payments industry and likely encompass the payment services of Apple, Google, and Chinese tech giant WeChat.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is considering recommendations from a recently published report—Payments System Review—that considered whether the old regulatory architecture for digital payments set up in the 1990s was keeping up with changes in the space.

Daniel Y. Teng
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Daniel Y. Teng is based in Brisbane, Australia. He focuses on national affairs, including federal politics and Australia-China relations. Got a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
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