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Market Infrastructure
RBA: Find Common Ground on Decommissioning BECS
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/03/2025
The RBA found insufficient industry coordination, planning and certainty regarding decommissioning the BECS.
Market Infrastructure
Australia Publishes Response to Clearing and Settlement Inquiry
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/03/2025
The government already actioned two recommendations from the parliamentary inquiry, which focused on competition in clearing and settlement and the ASX CHESS replacement project.
Crypto / Digital Assets
ABA Calls for Swift Passage of Payment System Reforms
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/02/2025
ABA CEO Anna Bligh said the reforms “first flagged over 1,200 days ago” are “urgently needed” and can be passed “this sitting fortnight”.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Digital Asset Regulation: A Turning Tide in Australia
By Natasha Teja | 13/01/2025
Amid mounting pressure at home and abroad, Australian regulators are slowly turning to face digital assets
Fintech / Regtech
ASX Recovers from Worst Market Disruption in Four Years
By Editors | 23/12/2024
No trade settlements took place on Friday due to a “CHESS batch settlement delay”. Engineers had to work through the weekend to resolve the issue.
Market Infrastructure
Australia Passes Bill to Overhaul RBA’s Governance Structure
By Thisanka Siripala | 03/12/2024
From 1 March 2025, the Reserve Bank of Australia will operate with two separate boards, a Monetary Policy Board and a Governance Board.
Crypto / Digital Assets
RBA Invites Industry to Participate in Digital Money Experiments
By Editors | 11/11/2024
The project will explore how different forms of digital money and associated infrastructure could support the development of wholesale tokenised asset markets in Australia.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BIS and APAC Central Banks Release Results of Project Mandala
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/10/2024
Project Mandala demonstrated that jurisdiction-specific regulatory requirements can be embedded in cross-border transaction protocols.
Big Picture
Banks, Central Banks Expect Tokenised Assets to “Leapfrog” in Asia
By Georgina Lee | 28/10/2024
Banks are actively exploring tokenisation use cases in Asia, saying the region has greater potential for the technology than Western countries.
Fintech / Regtech
Australia Rolls Out Merchant Choice Routing for Mobile Payments
By Thisanka Siripala | 27/09/2024
AP+ said merchants will for the first time have the choice to process mobile wallet payments via the lower-cost eftpos network.
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