Australia Post is finally getting rid of POLi. If you're unfamiliar, this was an payment method that let people pay for things online by having the POLi website log in to their internet banking and make the transfer for them and verifying to the merchant that a transfer was made. That entire setup was absolutely ridiculous, making the user hand over their internet banking credentials, including 2FA codes (!!) to POLi. Banks hated it as it undermined their messages to never give your details to anyone. I was always surprised to see POLi still used by many large businesses like utilities and airlines and that there were people comfortable using POLi too! RIP to a real bastard, you will not be missed.
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