Reserve Bank of Australia

Market Infrastructure

ACCC Backs Coordinated Migration to New Payments Encryption Standard

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/08/2025

The ACCC has proposed granting an eight-year authorisation for the payments industry to jointly manage the shift to a more secure standard.

Market Infrastructure

Australian Regulators Update Crisis Management Coordination Framework

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/07/2025

Regulators updated key coordination agreements, clarifying roles and formalising processes for macroprudential policy, regulatory planning, and crisis response.

Market Infrastructure

Australia Grants Clearing and Settlement Facility Licence to Clearstream

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/07/2025

ASIC granted the licence and the RBA has set out expectations for Clearstream to improve settlement arrangements and stakeholder engagement in the Australian market.

Market Infrastructure

Australia Proposes Sweeping Reforms to Card Payments and Surcharges

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/07/2025

The RBA has unveiled plans to ban most card surcharges and slash domestic and cross-border interchange fees in a major industry shake-up.

Market Infrastructure

Australia Finalises RBA Overhaul with New Policy and Governance Rules

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/07/2025

New statements mandate the publication of interest rate votes and create a board to oversee culture, completing a major central bank reform.

Fintech / Regtech

RBA Announces Participants for Next Phase of Digital Money Experiments

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/07/2025

The RBA says 24 innovative use cases ranging from local fintechs to major banks have been conditionally selected for the next stage of Project Acacia.

Market Infrastructure

ACCC Proposes to Authorise Industry Collaboration on A2A Payments

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/07/2025

The ACCC is consulting on its proposal to authorise industry collaboration about future of Australia’s account-to-account payment infrastructure.

Fintech / Regtech

ACCC Grants AusPayNet Authorisation to Facilitate End of Cheques System

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/07/2025

The ACCC granted final authorisation allowing AusPayNet to engage with government and industry participants on winding down Australia’s cheque system.

Fintech / Regtech

Australia Consults on Future Vision of Payments Infrastructure

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/07/2025

Two consultations on the future of Australia’s payments infrastructure have been issued, along with a conceptual framework from the RBA.