62 results about this entity
Period: 10 Sep 2004 - 09 Dec 2024
News
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
Cards have overtaken cash as the primary method for consumer payments in Australia, according to data released by the country's central bank.
27 July 2017
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
The Reserve Bank of Australia has gone to tender for a new core banking system.
03 July 2015
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
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.
24 October 2014
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.
26 August 2014
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.
21 November 2013
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.
11 March 2013
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.
28 September 2012
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.
11 September 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia has appointed former Westpac tech chief Sarv Girn as its new chief information officer.
09 August 2012
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