Sounds good to me: Medicare is going to eliminate cash payments in its offices from this year, offering instant direct deposits into your bank account using your EFTPOS card instead.
We’ve been hearing about near-field communication (NFC) as a way of making our mobile phones more useful for what feels like years. The recent arrival in Australia of phones such as the Galaxy Nexus and apps like the Commonwealth Bank’s Kaching make its potential much more visible. But are we ready to embrace the potential of NFC?
Commonwealth Bank has outlined its plans to offer near-field communication (NFC) payments and peer-to-peer payments for iPhone users through a new app called Kaching — but you’ll need a bank supplied case and there’s no Android option on the agenda straight away.
