POLi is pleased to announce that twitch.tv have added POLi as a payment option on their website.

Viewers of the ‘social video for gamers’ platform can now choose POLi to donate to their favourite streamers channels.

For more information please visit: http://www.twitch.tv/

POLi is pleased to announce that Air Asia have added POLi as a fee free payment option on their website.

Customers flying to and from Asia via Air Asia’s extensive route network can now pay via the fee free and convenience POLi payment service.

For more information or to book with Air Asia please see:

• Bookings: https://booking.airasia.com/
• Corporate Information: http://www.airasia.com/au/en/about-us/corporate-profile.page
• Contact Centre: http://www.airasia.com/au/en/contact-us/call-centre.page
• History: http://www.airasia.com/au/en/about-us/hi-we-are-airasia.page

POLi is pleased to announce that Reebonz have added POLi as a fee free payment option on their website.

Customers purchasing from Reebonz collection of bags, watches and jewellery can now pay by POLi in a lump sum or by instalment.

What is Reebonz?

Reebonz is about transporting you into a world of pleasant surprises - a place where discounted luxury is not an oxymoron. We bring you straight into the world of private sales, with exclusive member’s only deals.

For more information or to purchase with Reebonz please visit: http://www.reebonz.com.au/

POLi Payments is pleased to announce it has been acquired by SecurePay Holdings, a fully owned subsidiary of Australia Post.

The team at POLi is very excited about the future of the business under Australia Post's ownership.

Following the acquisition POLi will continue to run as an independent business and provide its high level of service to merchants and customers.

We are delighted to announce that Etihad Airways is the latest business to join the likes of Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Flight Centre in offering their customers the option to pay with POLi.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is the fastest growing full-service airline in the history of commercial aviation. From its Abu Dhabi base, Etihad Airways flies to 108 existing or announced passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Jeffery McAlister, CEO of POLi Payments says “POLi prides itself on making online payments simple, secure and low cost. We welcome Etihad and look forward to helping their passengers benefit from our service".

For more information about POLi Payments please call 03 8601 5902 or email sales@polipayments.com

Beautiful accounting software meets powerful internet banking

Xero Add-On for POLi Payments

B2C businesses who use Xero can now offer POLi as a payment method, meaning their customers can pay via the security and convenience of their internet banking.

POLi is an online payment option that facilitates a Pay Anyone payment from a customer’s bank account. Customers click the Pay Now button on their Xero invoice to launch the payment process. POLi populates the payment details and updates the Xero invoice as soon as the payment is confirmed.

It is a great way for businesses to offer their customers an alternative to credit card payments. POLi is favoured by both customers and merchants as a simple and secure payment process.

Click 'Pay Invoice'

Log in to your bank and select preferred account

Confirm your payment

View your paid invoice

It’s FREE to set up your POLi Account

There are no set up fees with POLi and no ongoing monthly fees. Click here for further information regarding our pricing.

Sign up online and get 3 months free transactions.

POLi Payments CEO Jeffery McAlister says “We are delighted to become a Xero Add-On partner. All indications are that online software as a service plus electronic billing will transform accounting and bill payments over the foreseeable future. We are glad to have an entry to this market where we can offer Xero users an efficient and cost effective payment solution".

For more information about POLi Payments please contact sales@polipayments.com

For more information about Xero go to https://www.xero.com/au/

Saving you money every time you fly

POLi Payments prides itself on providing a low cost payment type that results in consumers saving significant amounts of money.

We receive daily feedback from travel customers thanking us for providing an alternative to credit cards online. Given the popularity of POLi, we decided to create our own version of the US debt clock to show how much money people are saving with POLi!

Credit card surcharges saved to date:

$390,405,077(1)

To see a short video demonstrating how to use POLi visit http://www.polipayments.com/Demo

To find out more about POLi Payments contact sales@polipayments.com or call 03 8601 5902

(1) Assumes two travellers per booking making a return flight and a $7.50 credit card surcharge.

Rewarding Excellence in Australian Online Gaming

POLi Payments has won Payment Provider of the Year at the inaugural EGaming Review Awards at the Shangrila Hotel in Sydney on 25th February.

To decide on the winners, a panel of expert judges was carefully selected for their wealth of experience and expertise. Among the luminary judges are former CEOs, MDs and board directors of public companies and household name gambling brands; highly successful entrepreneurs and innovators; as well as key advisers to the industries.

POLi Payments, CEO Jeffery McAlister accepted the award from eGR Awards Host and Rugby League identity Wayne Pearce.

“We are delighted to be acknowledged for excellence in our online payment service. The majority of the online gaming companies in Australia utilise POLi to offer their customers the ability to top up their accounts directly through their internet bank accounts, with no requirement for credit cards or registration. I believe the ease of making a payment with POLi has contributed directly to us receiving this award.”

“It was especially nice to spend an evening with our merchants and get positive feedback firsthand about the POLi product. After the event we are very excited about the future of eGaming in Australia and POLi’s place within it.”

To see a short video demonstrating how to use POLi visit http://www.polipayments.com/video

To find out more about POLi Payments contact sales@polipayments.com or call 03 8601 5902

To find out more about eGamingReview contact Larissa Matley, Event Manager at l.matley@egrmagazine.com

POLi Payments has been implemented by two providers who offer products and services to the parents of school children. POLi’s easy integration options, low rates and simple payment workflow have been a hit, particularly in a market where a percentage of parents in every school will not have a credit card or may not be willing to pay with their credit cards.

2Kool4Skool is an exciting website stocking a wide and funky range of school book covers and everyday school essentials and the coolest stationery & accessories.

“I first came across POLi when I was paying for a large manufacturing run in China via an international funds transfer on OzForex. After seeing firsthand how easy it was to use POLi for a large sum I knew it would be a wonderful addition to my online store for my customers’ purchases.

I had been concerned that by only offering credit card payment on my online store I may have been losing sales if my customers did not have a credit card or didn’t like using their card for online shopping. I did have the ability to offer PayPal, but the fees had stopped me giving this payment option unless it was specifically requested by a customer.”

“Once I found out about POLi, I jumped at the chance to incorporate it into my site. My web designer quickly implemented POLi via a simple “plug in” to Magento.”

“January was the busiest sales month of our year for back to school. 75% of my annual trade is done within one month so the merchant fees I pay on credit card transactions are astronomical. POLi provides an economical alternative and I will be recommending POLi Payments to my customers to save on bank fees.

I love the fact that my POLi payments are quickly credited to my bank account and I don’t have to wait days for the bank to release funds into my account.”

“Although the vast majority of my customers are comfortable with the online shopping experience and feel their personal details are secure there is still a percentage who do not trust internet security and will not use a credit card for payment. In the past these customers would be lost to me or the lengthy process of manually entering sales and waiting for funds to be electronically transferred made for a time consuming process during our craziest work period. POLi allows these customers to feel safe as the POLi payment process allows them to log into their bank online as they do with any EFT transaction and complete the online sale quickly and safely.

Kathy Brooker, Managing Director, 2kool4skool.

LearningField is a new initiative from the Copyright Agency supported by Australia’s leading educational publishers.

The website and application provide an industry solution for the distribution of digital textbooks to secondary school students. LearningField provides a resource-rich digital platform which allows teachers to select the best material to support the differing needs of Years 7–10 students across all subject areas.

Torsten Lachmann, Senior Business Analyst, LearningField says

"I was booking flights when I first discovered POLi - I was impressed with how convenient it was and the timing was perfect as we were looking for a payment solution for our online business. We were aware that we wanted to offer a payment method that would be suitable for all parents, across both public and private schools, and we were aware that there would be a percentage of parents who either didn't have a credit card, or who wouldn't be comfortable to use their cards online with us."

"I made an initial inquiry with POLi and was quickly on my way to being able to offer internet banking payments. Any queries I had were responded to quickly and the implementation and testing period was quick and easy.”

"Our business launched in time for term 1 2014 and I'm pleased to report that parents have readily adopted POLi as an alternative to credit cards. We are really delighted overall with the way that POLi has worked for our business, being low cost for us and simple to use for our customers."

For more information about 2kool4skool visit 2kool4skool.com.au

For more information on Learning Field please visit www.learningfield.com.au

For more information about POLi Payments www.polipayments.com or a call a sales representative on 03 8601 5902.

POLi releases Donation App for Facebook

POLi Payments' latest app offers a solution for charities and not for profit companies to accept payments directly through their Facebook fan page.

The simplicity of the app enables Facebook fans to donate quickly by selecting POLi and then completing a payment entirely within Facebook using the convenience of their internet banking.

Minimal transaction fees

And the kicker? The app is free to download and for the first 3 months, there are NO transaction fees. After the free period, transactions will be charged at just $0.30 – that’s a rate of just 0.3% on a $100 donation.

Fast, easy & secure

With so many demands for attention on Facebook, having a payment method that is fast, secure and easy is paramount.

Giving something back

“It is a privilege to be able to offer a really effective solution for charities to smooth their path to accepting donations. Our aim with the Donation App is to increase the likelihood of a Facebook fan making a donation without leaving the security of Facebook – getting fans to head over to the website in order to make a donation is a challenge for all charities. The instant nature of the Donation App will hopefully enable a noticeable increase in donations, particularly for those charities with a large number of Facebook likes”. Says Jeffery McAlister, CEO of POLi Payments

Find out more

Of course, POLi Payment solutions are available for charity and not for profit websites too, at those same great transaction rates. To find out more contact our sales team on 03 8601 5902 or email sales@polipayments.com

POLi Payments are delighted to announce another online gaming partnership with TAB. Punters can now easily top up their accounts with their internet banking through POLi Payments. While spring may not yet be in the air in Melbourne, the Spring Carnival is racing onwards, culminating in the hotly contested Melbourne Cup event on November 5th 2013.

Jeffery McAlister, CEO, POLi Payments comments “The online gaming sector has been early adopters in offering POLi Payments as an option for customers to top up their accounts. It is great to add TAB to our already comprehensive online gaming merchant listing.”

For more information about POLi Payments please contact Lorna Andrikopoulos, Business Development Executive on 03 8601 5902 or email sales@polipayments.com.

POLi continues to innovate through the release of their Facebook app in beta mode. The app lets you request money from friends. The friends can then pay through the familiar POLi process completely embedded within Facebook. Both the payer and recipient receive a notification when payment is made ensuring there are no disagreements or foggy memories.

Unlike other peer to peer products on the market this is the first that is completely bank independent, allows users to request money and facilitates payments from internet banking rather than credit cards.

Best of all this is another free consumer service from POLi.

This is the first in a series of Facebook Apps to be released by POLi, we are currently working hard on a solution that will allow charities to efficiently collect donations via their Facebook pages.

How it Works - Requesting funds from friends

• • Install the Pay anyone online with POLi app from here https://apps.facebook.com/polipayments_beta/
• • Enter your BSB and Account Details (for receipt of funds)
• • Select Send Request and choose from your Facebook friends (you can select multiple friends)
• • Enter the amount and add your personal message ie “Time to fork out for the meal last night”
• • Hit the Send Request button and sit back and wait!

• • If you receive a funds request, you’ll be prompted to install the Pay anyone online with POLi app
• • Select Manage Requests
• • Select ‘pay’ next to the appropriate friend's request
• • Select your bank
• • Log into your internet bank account and follow the prompts to complete the Pay Anyone transaction.
• • Once confirmed, both parties will receive a notification that payment has been made.

Who should use it?

Pay anyone online with POLi is perfect for easy funds transfer between friends, no need to write down BSB numbers and complete all the details yourself – POLi does it all for you securely and easily.

More Information? Contact helpdesk@polipayments.com or click on the link below and start collecting money owed from friends.

The real-time nature of the online service offered by POLi Payments has always had a great appeal for online gaming businesses, so when UK based Ladbrokes acquired Bookmaker.com.au, they contacted POLi directly to ensure that our leading online payment method was available for their customers from launch.

Francois Lambrechts, Chief Financial Officer, Ladbrokes Digital Australia Pty Ltd explains “We are excited to integrate POLi as a preferred payment method for our clients. The service is used by a large number of our clients, including many of our VIP clients who appreciate the benefit of transferring larger sums of money without the delay or limits presented by other forms of money transfer. POLi allows customers transferring their own cash to access our promotional offers instantly. Previously only available to credit card customers, POLi gives cash customer’s instantaneous access to their bonus offer due to the instant money transfer solution. On our administration side, the POLi interface is fast and easy to reconcile our payments and their Support team are always available to assist us.”

POLi Payments are delighted to have Ladbrokes on our merchant team and bet that the partnership will result in the ideal ‘win-win’ situation.

Jeffery McAlister, CEO, POLi Payments comments “We are happy to welcome Ladbrokes to Australia and the POLi Payment service. Given POLi has been providing payment services to the gaming industry for 7 years we are confident their users will utilise POLi from the start, helping the Ladbrokes business to grow.“

For more information about POLi Payments please contact Lorna Andrikopoulos, Business Development Executive on 03 8601 5902 or email sales@polipayments.com.

POLi Payments are proud to support CanTeen in their fundraising efforts by providing our online payment service at our non-profit organisation rate.

CanTeen's mission is to support, develop and empower young people living with cancer. With National Bandanna Day approaching on 18th October, CanTeen have just implemented POLi Payments, enabling donations via internet banking – perfect for supporters who prefer not to use credit cards.

CanTeen’s latest project – a virtual bandanna Facebook app – Bandanna Me, available at www.facebook.com/CanTeenAus, allows users to superimpose their chosen bandanna style and colour on to one of their Facebook photos. The direct link for the app is http://bit.ly/17YxRwV

People can then get their virtual bandanna for a $2 donation (or more if they choose) and share it with their social networks.

“Every year another 23,000 young people have to face the challenge of cancer – whether it’s their own diagnosis or that of their parent, brother or sister,” said CanTeen CEO Peter Orchard.

“CanTeen supports young people along every step of their cancer journey by providing specialist services to help them cope with the physical, emotional and social impact of living with cancer. Young people at CanTeen wear their bandannas with pride and attitude to show they’re fighting cancer together. They want Australians everywhere to join them so please buy, wear and share a virtual CanTeen bandanna this October to show you support their fight and that you’ve got attitude too,” Mr Orchard said.

Traditional bandannas will still be on sale throughout October and especially on National Bandanna Day itself on Friday 18 October. Visit www.bandannaday.com.au for locations.

“We’ll be encouraging our staff to get involved in Bandanna Day either through the new Facebook app or a visit to Federation Square to grab their traditional bandannas” said POLi Payments CEO Jeffery McAlister.

For more information about CanTeen please contact Kerry Kalcher, National Media & Communications Manager,
02 9007 0208 / 0405 283 352.

For more information about POLi Payments non-profit merchant rates contact Lorna Andrikopoulos, Business Development Executive,
03 8601 5902.

What is mHITs?

mHITs with POLi Payments

Who is Pepperstone?

Pepperstone with POLi Payments

Owen Kerr, Director of Pepperstone says "As Australia's largest Forex broker, POLi has been ideal for instant transfers for our clients. POLi enables our clients to avoid large credit card fees whilst still transferring payment instantly."

As POLi gains in brand recognition among Australian consumers we can expect to see more and more online retailers joining the POLi merchant family.

For more information about POLi Payments contact sales@polipayments.com

For more information about Pepperstone visit www.pepperstone.com

The POLi™ payment system has been added as a top up payment mechanism on the new Qantas Frequent Flyer membership card featuring Qantas Cash prepaid functionality.

"We are very pleased to be an initial payment method on the new Qantas Cash™ product. POLi is a great way to top up Qantas Cash™ plus provides the convenience of adding funds using a consumers own smart phone or computer."

POLi™ has been added as an initial top-up mechanism on the next generation of the Qantas Frequent Flyer membership featuring Qantas Cash prepaid functionality. Customers can load funds via POLi and then access funds in multiple currencies at any location worldwide that accepts MasterCard™.

The combination of quick and convenient loading, plus the ability to access funds easily worldwide will help with products such as Qantas Cash™ further erode the use of travellers cheques.

This partnership further strengthens POLi's position as the leading real time on-line payment method in Australia and New Zealand.

Australia’s leading real time online debit payment method maintains its strong security focus with the implementation of real time fraud detection.

POLi Payments, the Australian owned e-commerce company, has just gone live with ThreatMetrix’s™ real time fraud detection software.

POLi is pleased to announce that it will be performing real time fraud detection on transactions from today.

“We were extremely pleased to be going live with ThreatMetrix™ today, when fully operational we believe that transactions through POLi when verified by ThreatMetrix™ will actually be more secure than transactions performed directly with the underlying bank. This builds on POLi’s strong security credentials that include security reviews with BNZ, Security Assessments, VeriSign and BugCrowd. We hope that the results achieved will assist the banks within Australia to adopt similar technology” said Jeff McAlister, CEO of POLi Payments.

POLi is now available as a top-up mechanism on Velocity's prepaid debit cards called "Global Wallet". We are excited about the potential transactions and brand exposure this brings to POLi given the Velocity frequent flyer program has millions of members within Australia. The Global Wallet offering combined with POLi provides a great solution for accessing cash in Australia and overseas and could see the end of traveller’s cheques.

Further information can be found in this article:
Velocity Frequent Flyer Launches the Global Wallet

POLi engaged with BNZ during the first half of 2013 in order to facilitate a security review of the POLi system. To date we have not received any adverse finding from BNZ in regards to this review. As a result we have re-instated the use of the latest version of POLi for BNZ customers.

This review combined with our Security Assessments plus Bug Crowd further proves that the POLi System is a secure payment platform.

POLi is proud to announce that yesterday we surpassed the 1 billion mark in AUD transaction processed. We would like to thank all our users and merchants for making POLi a success.

Australia’s leading real time online debit payment method further strengthens its security having completed its first crowd sourced testing.

POLi Payments, the Australian owned e-commerce company, has just completed its first crowd sourced security test. Bugcrowd managed the process whereby 335 ‘hackers’ in 23 countries tried to find vulnerabilities in the POLi Payments system.

POLi is pleased to announce that no significant vulnerabilities were found.

"We were extremely pleased with the testing organised by bugcrowd. Without bugcrowd there is no way we or 'traditional' security consultancies could have arranged 335 hackers to take part in such an organised process. Our significant investment in security has been vindicated by the positive results achieved and we look forward to engaging Bugcrowd in the future." said Jeff McAlister, CEO of POLi Payments.

About POLi Payments

POLi Payments is an online payment system that is used by merchants and consumers in Australia and New Zealand. POLi Payments allows consumers to pay for goods or services directly from a merchant’s website without the need for a credit card. It does so through its internally developed technology that innovatively enhances the leading banks internet banking platforms allowing them to be used for e-commerce.

About Bugcrowd

Bugcrowd is crowdsourced security for web and mobile applications. We run managed bug bounties as a service.

All web and mobile apps have security flaws. Finding them before the bad guys do is hard. The bad guys have the economic advantage and way outnumber the good guys. Crowdsourced “bug bounties” bring balance to the equation... but in-house bug bounty programs are hard to set up and difficult to run. Enter Bugcrowd.

Our curated crowd of 1,500 security researchers compete for cash and kudos to be the first to report security flaws in our clients’ applications. Facebook, Google and Paypal have used this approach successfully for years, now Bugcrowd makes it available to companies of all sizes.

If you're interested to learn more please contact Casey Ellis at casey@bugcrowd.com or +61 407 252 121.

POLi has responded to merchant and customer demand and is proud to announce that POLi now operates with the mobile versions of internet banking. This provides a greatly improved user experience for customers on smart phones or tablets. At launch the service is operational with nine banks within Australia and covers mainstream browsers on Android and Apple devices.

Anecdotally, we are hearing that up to 30% of payments are now performed via mobile devices. POLi is excited by the potential that this product brings for customers, merchants and POLi.

BNZ bank has released a security advisory re POLi. POLi Payments wishes to advise customers that we have met with BNZ and are currently working through a process with them to share our security credentials. We expect this to be complete by the end of March at which time we would hope that their advisory is either removed or updated. POLi welcomes all other banks to perform such reviews on our systems.

Holders of a Rev prepaid debit card can now use POLi to add funds to their card. POLi believes it is ideal as a topup mechanism as funds can be loaded instantly and securely (a card can be linked to one bank account).

Groupgo a leading mandarin language group buying site in Australia has added POLi as a payment option. We welcome the addition of Groupgo to our group of existing foreign language sites and look forward to the other main group buying sites in Australia offering POLi.

ASB bank has recently released a security advisory (https://www.asb.co.nz/story24389.aspx). POLi Payments and its partner in New Zealand, Merco Limited refute the claims made within the advisory.

Click here for further details.

POLi Payments is excited to announce that it has signed CMC Markets, a leading CFD trading platform as a customer for Australia and New Zealand.

POLi Payments has today announced that D2KClub now offers POLi as a payment options for its online remittance service to Korea.

POLi Payments is pleased to announce that Virgin Australia has moved to the updated version of POLi. This version now enables Virgin customers on Mac, smart phones and tablets to book and pay for flights with POLi, allowing them to save on credit card surcharge fees.

POLi Payments is pleased to announce that Singapore’s newest low-cost airline Scoot has joined the growing number of organisations adopting POLi’s upgraded payments service.

About Scoot™

Scoot™ operates medium and long haul no-frills flights between Singapore and the Australian cities of Sydney and Gold Coast, and Thailand’s capital city Bangkok, with Tianjin, Taipei and Tokyo commencing over the next few months.

POLi Payments is pleased to announce that Jetstar has moved to the updated version of POLi. This version now enables Jetstar customers on Mac, smart phones and tablets to book and pay for flights with POLi, allowing them to save on credit card surcharge fees

POLi Payments is continuing to add to list of clients by revealing that Mantra Group now offers POLi as a payment option on its range of accommodation websites.

POLi™ is now offered by UAE Exchange as a funding method for international transfers on its Money2Anywhere remittance portal. POLi™ is an ideal option for international transfers as remitters are provided with an instant receipt allowing them to release the foreign currency amount in real time. When POLi™ is selected as the payment method, it also saves substantial administration time as it is a fully reconcilable payment option.

For more information about UAE Exchanges remittance product please visit http://www.money2anywhere.com

Webmoney, a multifunctional payment tool that provides secure and immediate transactions online has partnered with POLi Payments to offer POLi™ as a top up mechanism in Australia and New Zealand. This allows consumers to purchase Webmoney via POLi™ and spend the credits at designated websites.

For more information on Webmoney please visit http://www.wmtransfer.com/