POLi Payments was acquired by SecurePay Holdings, a fully owned subsidiary of Australia Post, in December 2014.

This version to was built with security at the expense of user experience, as the process of downloading the .NET ClickOnce application is poor, and requires additional plugins for Firefox[18] and Chrome.

Greg Day, a security analyst at McAfee stated "Using ActiveX for online payments is the kind of thing that would make me run a mile.

[22] In July 2023, Australia Post announced that the Australian arm of POLi Payments would close down at the end of September that year.

POLi responded to the ASB advisory with an announcement, refuting the claims,[31] and apparently reverting the version of the payment system.

As a result, users may experience issues in seeking refunds or reimbursements for services not delivered, such as cancelled air flights or tickets.