Today’s Pierpont column in the Australian Financial Review takes the blowtorch to Bill Express, a key trading partner of 3,000 newsagents. The Pierpont coverage is interesting in the context of electronic product supply problems a month or two ago. Newsagents have each given undertakings costed at around $26,000 over four years to be part of the Bill Express network. Bill Express is important to newsagents in facilitating their competition in the bill payment and telco recharge spaces – with one key competitor – Australia Post.