Reserve Bank of Australia

65 results about this entity

Period: 10 Sep 2004 - 01 Apr 2025

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Regulators haul ASX over the coals following batch settlement breakdown

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) have expressed grave concerns about the management of operational risk at the country's leading stock exchange following a batch settlement failure in December last year.

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ASX responds to regulatory actions following Chess settlement glitch

ASX confirms it has received a joint letter from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) outlining regulatory action following the CHESS batch settlement incident on 20 December 2024.

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RBA bangs heads over proposals to decommission Bulk Electronic Clearing System

The Reserve Bank of Australia has called for more clarity in planning for the decommissioning of the Bulk Electronic Clearing System (Becs), arguing that the industry is yet to arrive at a shared vision of the desired features of account-to-account payments in Australia and that there has been insufficient industry coordination, planning and certainty regarding the transition.

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RBA payments data shows massive surge in mobile wallets

New data released today from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), shows Australians continue to embrace the ease of mobile wallets when making payments.

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Australia seeks industry participation in CBDC project

The Reserve Bank of Australia is calling on industry players to take part in the experimental research phase of a project exploring the development of a wholesale CBDC and tokenised bank deposits.

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Central banks prove use case for embedding compliance into cross-border transactions

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) along with central banks in Australia, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of embedding regulatory compliance requirements with cross-border financial transactions.

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RBA consults on card cheme fees and surcharging

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is commencing its Review into Retail Payments Regulation.

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Australia gives priority to wholesale CBDC over retail

The Reserve Bank of Australia is to prioritise the issuance of a wholesale central bank digital currency over a retail CBDC, arguing that a clear business case for the latter has yet to emerge.

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RBA releases report on interlinking fast payment systems for cross-border transfers

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today released a report analysing the benefits, design choices and challenges associated with linking fast payment systems across countries.

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Australia moves to give RBA oversight of Apple Pay

Australia's government has set out plans to regulate digital wallet providers such as Apple and Google in the same way as other payment services.

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Mastercard demonstrates interoperable CBDC for Web3 commerce in RBA pilot

Mastercard today announced that it has successfully demonstrated capabilities of a new solution that enables CBDCs to be tokenised (or “wrapped”) onto different blockchains, providing consumers with a new option to participate in commerce across multiple blockchains with increased security and ease.

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Central banks bid to embed compliance requirements into real-time transactions

The Bank for International Settlements, along with the central banks of Australia, Korea, Malaysis and Singapore, is exploring the possibility of embedding regulatory requirements into cross-border transactions.