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Capital / Liquidity
Australian Central Bank Flags Global Market, Cyber and China Risks
By Editors | 03/10/2025
The RBA has identified vulnerabilities in global markets, operational resilience, and China as key threats, while noting Australia's domestic system remains sound.
Market Infrastructure
ACCC Authorises Coordinated Payments System Security Upgrade
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/09/2025
The eight-year authorisation allows financial institutions to jointly manage the industry-wide migration to the advanced encryption standard (AES) to counter future cyber threats.
Market Infrastructure
RBA Dismisses Concerns That Card Fee Reforms WIll Impact Fraud Protections
By Mark Johnston | 26/09/2025
RBA governor has rejected industry warnings that the plan to ban card surcharges will result in reduced fraud prevention for consumers.
Market Infrastructure
RBA Outlines Payments Strategy, Targeting Resilience and Modernisation
By Manesh Samtani | 24/09/2025
The RBA's annual payments report details a new two-year strategy focused on system resilience, payments competition, and digital currency research.
Enforcement
RBA Downgrades Key ASX Ratings Over Repeated Risk Failures
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/09/2025
The RBA has found serious deficiencies in ASX’s governance and risk management, downgrading key ratings following major operational incidents.
Market Infrastructure
RBA, APRA Detail Plans for Building 'Anti-Fragility' into Financial System
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/09/2025
RBA and APRA officials have outlined their approaches to bolster resilience against geopolitical and technological risks faced by the financial sector.
Fintech / Regtech
RBA Flags Private Market Risks, Digital Currency Assessment in New Plan
By Editors | 02/09/2025
The RBA's corporate plan highlights financial stability risks from non-bank lending and outlines key work on a potential CBDC.
Securities / Derivatives
RBA Board Criticises ASX 'Limited' Progress on Risk Management
By Editors | 30/08/2025
The Payments System Board flagged fundamental concerns with ASX's operational resilience and welcomed government plans for a stablecoin regime.
Fintech / Regtech
RBA Deploys AI Tool to Enhance Economic Surveillance, Wage Forecasting
By Manesh Samtani | 28/08/2025
The RBA has revealed that it is using a machine learning system to extract firm-level insights from liaison data for regulatory analysis.
Fintech / Regtech
Australian Banks Challenge RBA Over Card Fee Overhaul
By Mark Johnston | 25/08/2025
The RBA is facing resistance from major banks over its proposed payments system reforms, as concerns shift from interchange fees to opaque scheme charges.
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