Search: BPAY
RBA Glossary definition for BPAY
BPAY – BPAY is a payments clearing organisation owned by a group of retail banks. Individuals who hold accounts with a BPAY participating financial institution can pay billing organisations which participate in BPAY, using account transfers initiated by phone or internet. The transfers may be from savings, cheque or credit card accounts.
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Resource Costs of Payments
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
5.37. Direct entry. 0.13. 0.03. 0.16. 0.25. 0.41. BPAY. 0.03. 0.41. ... Of the remote payment options, direct debit is considerably less resource intensive than BPAY, debit and credit cards.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/resource-costs-payments.html
Appendix B: Payment Activity in the Sample
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
325. 3. BPAY. 13. 8,335. 640. 2. Total. 1,622. 218,272. 135. ... 43. 11,118. 0. 11,118. BPAY. 82. 0. 82. 89,505. 1. 89,505.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/appendix-b.html
Appendix A: Additional Detailed Results
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
0.13. 0.41. 0.75. BPAY. 0.28. 0.41. 0.03. 0.73. 1.01. Private costs. ... Source: Authors' calculations based on survey data. Table A6: Cheques and BPAY Costs.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/appendix-a.html
Conclusion
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
BPAY and direct debit, which are electronic payment methods typically used for remote bill payments, remain the least resource intensive.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/conclusion.html
Appendix D: Description of Survey of SMEs
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
Due to both lower rates of acceptance and low response rates to these questions, the costs for direct debit/credit and BPAY were not presented.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/appendix-d.html
Small Businesses Costs
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
Cheques. 75. 0–10. 0–10. Direct debit/direct credit. 63. 0–10. 0–10. BPAY. ... 1. 30. Cheques. 1. 1. Direct debit or BPAY. 1. 2.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/small-businesses-costs.html
Appendix C: Costs for Consumers in Making Payments
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
Per transaction, BPAY and cheque payments are estimated to be the most expensive payment instruments, at $0.60 per transaction.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/appendix-c.html
Related Literature and Scope
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
In particular, this study considers the costs associated with cash, debit and credit cards, cheques, direct debit and BPAY payments.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/related-literature-scope.html