ARCA invites you to our 3rd Australian Restaurant & Cafe Association Members Exclusive Webinar-RBA Surcharge Ban Inquiry FAQ’s on 24 September 2024 from 10am-11am AEST, featuring speakers from the Independent Payments Forum including Brad Kelly, Peter Drennan & Warwick Ponder, key stakeholders in the ongoing fight to ensure that the RBA (and ACCC/Government) does not ban surcharges, including credit card and weekend & public holiday surcharges.

Registration is open to ARCA Members (Voting & Non-Voting) & the Zoom Link will be sent after Registration! Join ARCA Now to Attend this critically important Webinar!

Brad Kelly

Brad Kelly is a Co-Founder of Independent Payments Forum and one of Australia’s leading payments experts.

Brad has worked with major Australian and International Banks as well as international and domestic card schemes, and Fintechs

Brad has run successful payment technology businesses across multiple geographies and currently leads his own consultancy business, Payments Services. He advises Card issuers and acquirers, Banks, enterprise merchants as well as government and industry bodies

With expert knowledge in Payments including NPP (New Payments Platform) ISO 20022, QR codes, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and digital wallets.

Warwick Ponder

Warwick Ponder is a Co-Founder of Independent Payments Forum and the country’s leading advocate for fairer fees in electronic payments for Australia’s small businesses and consumers.

Warwick brings to the table more than 30 years of experience in corporate affairs, policy, media, and government relations, across a number of fields including payments, telecommunications and financial services. He runs his own Public Affairs consultancy, pCOMZ, and recently finished a 10 year stint as Group Head of Corporate Affairs at eftpos, and Australian Payments Plus.

Peter Drennan

Peter Drennan is Head of Research at Independent Payments Forum and a leading data analyst for the payments industry. He’s currently also money.com.au’s data expert and provides expert advice to a number of industry associations.

Peter is the Lead Research and Data Analyst at Qi Insights, a research & data driven consulting company specialising in Qualitative Research, Market Reporting and Data Analysis. His core expertise is in banking, and financial services.