Reserve Bank of Australia

69 results about this entity

Period: 10 Sep 2004 - 21 Jul 2025

RBA warns Australian banks not to backtrack on payments modernisation

The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned that it will be "duty bound" to use its regulatory powers should the nation's banks fail to deliver on promises to modernise the country's payments infrastructure.

Banks and retailers sign on for new Australian Payments Council

Australian banks, retailers and payments specialists have signed on to a new co-ordination body that aims to step up the pace of innovation in the country's payments industry.

Indonesian claims credit for taking down Reserve Bank of Australia site

Amid allegations that the Oz government has been spying on the Indonesian president, a member of Anonymous Indonesia has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Reserve Bank of Australia Web site.

Hackers hit Reserve Bank of Australia

Australia's central bank has admitted that it has been repeatedly targeted by computer hackers but insists that no data has been lost and its IT systems remain uncorrupted.

RBA sets up real-time payments team

The Reserve Bank of Australia has set up a project team to explore the creation of a central payments hub for real-time bank account transfers.

VocaLink, First Data and Accenture pitch Aussie real-time payments system

VocaLink, First Data and Accenture are planning to build a system similar to the UK's Faster Payments service in Australia, enabling consumers and businesses to transfer funds between bank accounts in near real-time.

RBA appoints former Westpac CTO Girn as new chief information officer

The Reserve Bank of Australia has appointed former Westpac tech chief Sarv Girn as its new chief information officer.

RBA launches probe into Oz banking outages

Australia's central bank is preparing a crackdown on operational disruptions at the country's leading banks following a series of major outages in retail payment systems and Internet banking sites. The RBA's intervention comes as Westpac warned customers that it was experiencing intermittent problems with its Web site.

Microsoft presses RBA on virtual currencies

Microsoft is pressing the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider adjustments to the domestic payments markets to help consumers conduct transactions in virtual currencies, such as Facebook Credits and Microsoft Points.

Charges laid over Aussie banknote printing bribery

Aussie police have charged Securency International, Note Printing Australia (NPA) and six individuals with bribing public officials in foreign countries to help win contracts.

RBA calls for Australian payments innovation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is calling for the country's payments industry players to coordinate on system-wide innovation.

RBA to bail out of tainted banknote company Securency; De La Rue shares rocked by production scandal

The Reserve Bank of Australia is to offload its 50% stake in Securency, the banknote production company mired in allegations of corruption and bribery.