Paymate and EFT Code of Conduct

One of the submissions to the ACCC on eBay's notified conduct on payment options was from ASIC.  This was to say it was highly desirable for PayPal to become a signatory to the EFT Code of Conduct

Selling to China

With 1.3 billion people, the People’s Republic of China is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, but selling online to Chinese consumers has been a challenge due to lack of online payment options for foreign merchants.  The article describes Paymate’s China Payments service and Chinese-English shopping mall, Haiwaibao, launched on 11 June 2008 in Australia and China.

Paymate Sponsors Sydney Bar Camp

Paymate was an early sponsor of the Sydney Bar Camp held over 5-6 April, 2008 at the University of NSW in Sydney. 

Dilip Rao, Paymate MD presented on the topic:

Open for eBusiness - Why Can't we Plug 'n' Pay?

The theme of Dilip's pitch was that payment providers like Paymate are required to interface into hundreds of shopping carts and ecommerce platforms to suit the needs of online merchants.  However, there are no standards for such interfaces so there is a lot of wasted effort by all parties to make the buyer experience on a website seamless and hassle-free.

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For details of the Sydney Bar Camp, click here.