PwC was paid more than $312 million through federal government contracts last financial year, capping off a three-year pandemic period where it’s Commonwealth business skyrocketed by 63 per cent.
The record year included being paid $11,000 a day by the Industry department to assess government grants, and a lucrative contract […]
The Japanese government has unveiled plans to discontinue its current health insurance card system and integrate its functionalities within the My Number digital ID infrastructure, phasing out the existing system by fall 2024, reports the Asahi Shimbun.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday launched the international Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) that will connect its payment system to countries across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Developed by Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indonesia, the code allows users from one payment service in the country to […]
Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis said, ‘It’s no longer a conspiracy theory – it’s a contractual fact.’
The Canadian federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged in writing that it has a $105.3 million contract with the World Economic Forum (WEF) […]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Rohit Chopra said he was considering investigating PayPal over a now-retracted update to the user agreement that said users would be fined $2,500 for spreading misinformation.
“I’ve never actually never heard […]
The government’s use of a firm run by Israeli ex-spies and military commanders to scour social media platforms has landed New Zealand in a global debate over ‘surveillance for hire’.
OIA documents show the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment […]
How do multinationals like Microsoft get away with paying so little tax? They deliberately wipe out their profits in high-tax countries such as Australia. Callum Foote reports on the global tax avoidance structure of the tech giant.
A new report […]
PayPal is reportedly offering account holders $15 to prevent them closing their accounts after the platform shamefully threatened to steal their money if they express the ‘wrong’ opinion.
PayPal announced that it would reserve the right to take up to $2500 from […]
Millions of customers at a Woolworths-owned online retailer have been rocked by […]
When I first heard about Paypal’s plan to deduct $2,500 from user accounts for each instance where “in Paypal’s sole discretion”, the account holder had transmitted “misinformation”, I all but took a […]
