Reserve Bank of Australia

69 results about this entity

Period: 10 Sep 2004 - 21 Jul 2025

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CBA, JPMorgan, ASX and HQLAX form consortium for RBA's tokenised asset market pilots

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has welcomed the opportunity to join the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance Collaborative Research Centre (DFCRC) project to help research domestic wholesale tokenised asset markets with the aim of making significant improvements to the $350 billion repurchasing agreement “repo” market.

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RBA proposes to lower cap on interchange fees

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has today released a Consultation Paper as part of its Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging.

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Australia to commence multiple trials of tokenised asset settlement and CBDC

Project Acacia, a joint initiative between the Reserve Bank of Australia and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), has selected 14 participants to undertake trials of tokenised asset settlement in financial markets.

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AusPayNet and AP+ launch consultation on future of Australian A2A payments

Australia's payment industry and its domestic payments provider have launched a public consultation on the future of account-to-account payments in the country.

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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.