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• Tech talent visa scheme to continue

  The federal government has announced it is making its Global Talent Scheme permanent, following a pilot period which started in July last year.

• Visa says its AI prevents US$25 Billion in fraud a year

  ​In 1993, Visa became the first payments network to apply neural networks to calculate, in real-time, the ‘riskiness’ of a transaction.

• Businesses sign up to Global Talent Scheme pilot

  ​Five organisations have signed up to the government’s pilot Global Talent Scheme (GTS) program, launched in July in a bid to make it easier for big business and tech start-ups to hire overseas talent for highly skilled roles.

• Sydney train travellers can now tap card across network

  Sydney commuters from today are able to tap their credit or debit card, or smart wallet device instead of their Opal card to travel on metro trains.

• Govt to pilot 457 fix for tech talent

  ​The government to pilot visa scheme to make it easier for big business and tech start-ups to hire overseas talent for highly skilled roles.

• Mastercard partners with Fitbit for contactless wearable payments

  ​Fitbit and Mastercard have partnered to give fitness enthusiasts the ability to make contactless payments with their wearable.

• Jobs shuffle sees tech sector covered in Govt 457 visa revamp

  The Federal Government has amended its list of approved occupations in its new visa jobs list to include a greater showing within the tech sector.

• 457 visas abolished: The good news and the bad news for CIOs

  There are important and significant changes afoot. For CIOs and other tech leaders there’s good news and bad news.

• Meet the Sydney surfer behind Visa’s tap-and-pay sunglasses

  ​Visa’s headline-grabbing South by Southwest unveiling of a pair of sunglasses that can make contactless payments, is possible thanks to a Sydney surfer, it has been revealed.

• Aussie start-ups grab gongs in Visa API competition

  ​Two Australian start-ups – one that adds location services and data analytics to websites and apps and another that gives retailers a one-step checkout that can be easily shared on social media – are among the winners of a Visa API competition.

• ​NAB to offer digital credit card

  National Australia Bank is launching a mobile banking app that offers customers a ‘digital credit card’ for contactless transactions less than $100.

• ​Coalition pledges $99M for new immigration system

  The Department of Immigration and Border Protection will receive $99.2 million for a new system to boost its visa risk assessment capabilities.
  

• ​NAB launches mobile payments service

  NAB is the latest bank to unveil a mobile payments service, launching an offering that allows consumers to use their Android smartphone to make purchases without the need for a physical card.
  

• ​Apple Pay could turn over $1B

  Consumers could spend more than $1 billion per month in Australia using Apple Pay despite the service only being available to American Express card users, according to research.
  

• ​Visa changes could help deal with brain drain: Wyatt Roy

  Australia should tweak its visa system to attract technology entrepreneurs to our shores and better deal with the ‘brain drain’ that sees technology workers take their skills overseas, according to assistant minister for innovation, Wyatt Roy.