Beyond Bank is delighted to be the major financial partner of the Zahra Foundation which will officially launch on Saturday 5 September.

The Zahra Foundation’s mission is to provide economic empowerment to women trapped in abusive relationships.

Zahra’s son, Arman was interviewed on Adelaide’s 5AA on Thursday 3 September 2015.

5AA Interview with Arman Abrahimzadeh from Zahra Foundation

Australians are increasingly choosing to use tap-and-go to pay for purchases instead of visiting an ATM and carrying cash around, according to new research by Beyond Bank Australia.

We recently conducted a survey that showed 86 per cent of consumers are currently using contactless payments such as payWave and PayPass, and for more than three quarters of Australians this is their preferred option.

These new ways of paying mean nearly 70 per cent of Australians now carry less cash and over 80 per cent think we will soon be a cashless society.

Based on the findings, people using tap-and-go are most likely to be doing so to buy their groceries or a coffee.

This is what tap-and-go is designed for – small purchases that we want to pay for on the spot, but not necessarily have cash on hand for.