Latest Reserve Bank of Australia News: Finextra Research

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.

01 April 2025

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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.

28 October 2024

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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.

13 October 2023

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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.

05 October 2023

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Reserve Bank of Australia kicks off CBDC project with NAB and CBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia is collaborating with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys Software on a project to explore the potential use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

02 November 2020

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Australian central bank sees no public policy case for retail CBDC

Brushing aside concerns over monetary sovereignty, the Reserve Bank of Australia says that the public policy case for issuing a general purpose or retail CBDC in Australia is still to be made.

14 October 2020

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Australia central bank mulls lowering e-payments charge

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is considering reducing the charges applied to certain payments due to the high number of people opting for contactless methods in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

03 June 2020

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Digital identity, virtual cash and RegTech on Australian regulatory agenda

ATM access, digital identity and virtual currencies topped the agenda at the recent meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia's powerful Payments Systems Board.

23 August 2017

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Oz central banker floats digital dollar; govt sets up fintech advisory group

Australia could introduce a digital version of its dollar, a senior exec at the country's central bank says, although any state-backed digital currency is in the distant future and likely to circulate in parallel with old fashioned notes and coins.

25 February 2016

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Bank for International Settlements cast as digital currency regulator

Regulatory intervention in the digital currency marketplace would need to be co-ordinated by an international body such as the Basle-based Bank for International Settlements, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia.

07 April 2015

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ICE adds RBS and readies for Europe launch: RBA calls for expansion of CDS clearing to Australia

IntercontinentalExchange has added Royal Bank of Scotland to its roster of clearing members and confirmed that it will be ready to launch its credit default swaps clearing counterparty in Europe by July.

20 May 2009

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Australian central bank to standardise dealing on OpenLink Findur

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has licensed OpenLink's Findur solution to support its financial market operations across front, middle and back office functions.

07 November 2003

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