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what the Reserve Bank’s proposed changes mean for your wallet

  • Written by Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University

That extra 10c on your morning coffee. That $2 surcharge on your taxi ride. The sneaky 1.5% fee when you pay by card at your local restaurant. These could all soon be history.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has proposed a sweeping reform: abolishing card payment surcharges. The central bank says it’s in the public interest to scrap the...

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