Reforms
Credit Cards
Reserve Bank documents dealing with reform of credit card schemes and related material.
Debit Cards
Reserve Bank documents dealing with reform of EFTPOS and Visa Debit systems, EFTPOS Industry Working Group discussion paper and related material.
The ATM System
Reserve Bank documents dealing with reform of the ATM system, industry discussion paper and submissions and industry progress reports.
Review of Card Payment Systems Reforms
Documents dealing with 2007/08 review of the Reserve Bank’s reforms to card payment systems.
Account Switching
Documents, including progress reports from APCA, on the account switching initiative.
Policy Framework
Payments System Board
Responsibilities, powers and composition of the Reserve Bank's Payments System Board.
Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems
Assessment of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System against the Core Principles.
Clearing and Settlement Facilities
Standards for clearing and settlement facilities, compliance reports and reviews.
Legal Framework
Payments-related legislation and regulations, standards and access regimes, approvals and determinations made under that legislation. Includes Memoranda of Understanding with other regulators, other liaison procedures and annual Regulatory Plan. |
Resources
Australian Payments System
Main features of the payments system.
Payments Statistics
Reserve Bank's retail payments statistics collection and other sources of payments data.
Speeches
A list of speeches by Reserve Bank staff on payments issues.
Submissions
Submissions by the Reserve Bank of Australia to other regulators of payments issues.
Media Releases
Media releases relating to payments policy.
Publications
Useful publications by payments regulators.
External Links
Commonly accessed websites covering payments system participants, regulators and providers.
Operations
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS)
Information relating to RITS, Australia’s real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system.
National Collator
Information relating to the Reserve Bank’s role of ‘National Collator’ for low-value clearing stream obligations. |
