Payments & Infrastructure Resources Media Releases

2024

15 August 2024
Payments System Board Update: August 2024 Meeting

12 June 2024
Assessment of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System

23 May 2024
Payments System Board Update: May 2024 Meeting

23 April 2024
Report Highlights Benefits and Challenges of Interlinking Fast Payment Systems for Cross-border Payments

29 February 2024
Payments System Board Update: February 2024 Meeting

2023

21 December 2023
Expectations for Tokenisation of Payment Cards and Storage of PANs

23 November 2023
Payments System Board Update: November 2023 Meeting

20 November 2023
ASIC and RBA Acknowledge ASX's CHESS Solution Design Announcement

18 October 2023
Harmonised ISO 20022 Data Requirements to Enhance Cross-border Payments

9 October 2023
Assessment of ASX Clearing and Settlement Facilities – October 2023

5 October 2023
BIS and Central Bank Partners to Explore Protocols for Embedding Policy and Regulatory Compliance in Cross-border Transactions

28 September 2023
The Australian Debit Card Market: Default Settings and Tokenisation – Conclusions Paper

30 August 2023
ASIC – RBA Issue Joint Letter of Expectations to ASX

17 August 2023
Payments System Board Update: August 2023 Meeting

21 June 2023
Promoting Competition in the Debit Card Market

16 June 2023
The Australian Debit Card Market: Default Settings and Tokenisation – Issues Paper

30 May 2023
Strengthening the RBA's Payments Infrastructure

25 May 2023
Payments System Board Update: May 2023 Meeting

2 March 2023
Research Project Exploring Use Cases for CBDC

16 February 2023
Payments System Board Update: February 2023 Meeting

2022

15 December 2022
ASIC – RBA Further Regulatory Response Regarding the ASX CHESS Replacement Program

28 November 2022
Final Incident Report – RBA Technology Outage on 12 October

24 November 2022
Payments System Board Update: November 2022 Meeting

17 November 2022
ASIC – RBA joint statement on ASX CHESS replacement program

28 September 2022
Assessment of ASX Clearing and Settlement Facilities – September 2022

26 September 2022
White Paper on CBDC Research Project

25 August 2022
Payments System Board Update: August 2022 Meeting

9 August 2022
Reserve Bank and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre to Explore Use Cases for CBDC

3 August 2022
Delay to the ASX CHESS Replacement Project and Independent Review

15 June 2022
Assessment of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System

26 May 2022
Payments System Board Update: May 2022 Meeting

22 March 2022
BIS Innovation Hub and Central Banks of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa Develop Experimental Multi-CBDC Platform for International Settlements

17 February 2022
Payments System Board Update: February 2022 Meeting

2021

8 December 2021
Reserve Bank and Industry Partners complete Wholesale CBDC Research Project

19 November 2021
Payments System Board Update: November 2021 Meeting

15 November 2021
New Statistical Disclosures on Retail Payment Service Reliability

22 October 2021
Review of Retail Payments Regulation: Conclusions

2 September 2021
BIS Innovation Hub and central banks of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa will test CBDCs for international settlements

23 August 2021
Update on the Independent Expert Review of November's ASX Trade Outage

20 August 2021
Payments System Board Update: August 2021 Meeting

28 May 2021
Consultation on Preliminary Conclusions to the Review of Retail Payments Regulation

21 May 2021
Payments System Board Update: May 2021 Meeting

19 February 2021
Payments System Board Update: February 2021 Meeting

2020

20 November 2020
Payments System Board Update: November 2020 Meeting

2 November 2020
Reserve Bank partners with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys Software on Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency Research Project

1 October 2020
ASIC and RBA announce expectations for CHESS replacement

21 August 2020
Payments System Board Update: August 2020 Meeting

12 June 2020
Assessment of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System

22 May 2020
Payments System Board Update: May 2020 Meeting

26 March 2020
Review of Retail Payments Regulation – Postponement

26 February 2020
ISO 20022 Migration for the Australian Payments System – Conclusions Paper

21 February 2020
Payments System Board Update: February 2020 Meeting

2019

29 November 2019
Review of Retail Payments Regulation – Issues Paper

21 November 2019
Payments System Board Update: November 2019 Meeting

24 September 2019
Assessment of ASX Clearing and Settlement Facilities

12 September 2019
Consultation on ISO 20022 Migration for the Australian Payments System – Responses and Options Paper

16 August 2019
Payments System Board Update: August 2019 Meeting

26 July 2019
Changes to the Exchange Settlement Account Policy

13 June 2019
New Payments Platform: Conclusions Paper

31 May 2019
The Operation of the Interchange Standards: Conclusions and Variation of Standards

24 May 2019
Payments System Board Update: May 2019 Meeting

8 April 2019
Consultation on ISO 20022 Migration for the Australian Payments System

28 February 2019
The Operation of the Interchange Standards: Consultation Paper

25 February 2019
Payments System Board Update: February 2019 Meeting

2018

23 November 2018
Payments System Board Update: November 2018 Meeting

29 October 2018
New Payments Platform: Consultation

24 August 2018
Payments System Board Update: August 2018 Meeting

18 May 2018
Payments System Board Update: May 2018 Meeting

20 March 2018
Payments System Issues: Exchange Settlement Account Policy

23 February 2018
Payments System Board Update: February 2018 Meeting

13 February 2018
Launch of the New Payments Platform

2017

17 November 2017
Payments System Board Update: November 2017 Meeting

18 August 2017
Payments System Board Update: August 2017 Meeting

19 May 2017
Payments System Board Update: May 2017 Meeting

17 February 2017
Payments System Board Update: February 2017 Meeting

2016

7 December 2016
Dual-Network Cards and Mobile Wallet Technology: Consultation Paper

18 November 2016
Payments System Board Update: November 2016 Meeting

19 August 2016
Payments System Board Update: August 2016 Meeting

26 May 2016
Review of Card Payments Regulation: Conclusions

20 May 2016
Payments System Board Update: May 2016 Meeting

19 February 2016
Payments System Board Update: February 2016 Meeting

2015

3 December 2015
Consultation on Changes to the Bank's Standards for Card Payment Systems

20 November 2015
Payments System Board Update: November 2015 Meeting

15 October 2015
Review of Card Payments Regulation: Designation of Payment Systems

28 August 2015
Payments System Issues: Payments Council MoU, EFTPOS Access Regime and Review of Card Payments Regulation

16 June 2015
Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998: Approval of Netting Arrangement

4 March 2015
Review of Card Payments Regulation

2014

18 December 2014
Payment Card Access Regimes

25 August 2014
Formation of the Australian Payments Council

7 March 2014
Payment Card Access Regimes

2013

6 December 2013
Consultation on Variations to the MasterCard and Visa Access Regimes

25 November 2013
Same-day Settlement of Direct Entry Payments

21 October 2013
Proposed Establishment of an Australian Payments Council and User Consultation Group

21 August 2013
Dual-network Debit Cards

28 May 2013
Consultation on Payment Card Access Regimes

20 February 2013
Industry Proposal for a Fast Payments Solution

2012

5 December 2012
Payments System Issues

29 November 2012
Payments System Issues

22 November 2012
Payments System Issues

30 October 2012
Report on the Australian OTC Derivatives Market – October 2012

29 August 2012
Payments System Issues: Variation to the Access Regime for the ATM System

29 August 2012
Payments System Issues

23 August 2012
Payments System Issues: Guidance Note for the Varied Surcharging Standards

17 August 2012
Payments System Issues: Multi-Network Debit Cards

31 July 2012
Payments System Issues: Exchange Settlement Account Policy for Central Counterparties

12 June 2012
Payments System Issues

7 June 2012
Strategic Review of Innovation in the Payments System

29 May 2012
Proposed Variation to the Access Regime for the ATM System

9 March 2012
Payments System Board Consultation on Replacing the eftpos Designation

20 February 2012
Payments System Issues: Retail Operational Incidents

2011

16 December 2011
Payments System Issues

2 September 2011
Payments System Issues

30 June 2011
Strategic Review of Innovation in the Payments System

17 June 2011
Discussion Paper: Central Clearing of OTC Derivatives in Australia

8 June 2011
Payments System Board Consultation on Card Surcharging

25 February 2011
Payments System Issues

2010

22 July 2010
Strategic Review of Innovation in Australia's Payments System

28 May 2010
Payments System Issues

2009

27 November 2009
Payments System Issues

22 September 2009
Payments System Issues

26 August 2009
Payments System Reform

22 May 2009
Report Released Today: Survey of the OTC Derivatives Market in Australia

20 May 2009
Payments System Issues

24 February 2009
Payments System Issues

2008

10 December 2008
Payments System Reform

24 October 2008
2007/08 Assessment of Australia's Clearing and Settlement Facilities and Consultation on Variation of the Financial Stability Standards

26 September 2008
Reform of Australia's Payments System: Conclusions of the 2007/08 Review

20 August 2008
Payments System Board Meeting

21 April 2008
Review of Payments System Reforms

18 January 2008
Report on Clearing and Settlement Facilities

2007

31 August 2007
Reform of the ATM System in Australia

29 May 2007
Review of the Reforms to Australia's Payments System

1 May 2007
Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998: Approval of Netting Arrangement

5 March 2007
Payments System Issues

2006

11 December 2006
Payments System Issues

29 September 2006
Interchange Fees for the MasterCard and Visa Schemes

13 September 2006
Update on Payments System Issues

7 July 2006
Reform of Debit Card Systems in Australia

27 April 2006
Payments System Reforms

2005

20 December 2005
Reform of Debit Card Systems in Australia

28 November 2005
Reform of Debit Card Schemes in Australia

25 November 2005
Payments System Board – November 2005

22 August 2005
Payments System Board Decisions

20 July 2005
Payments System Reform

1 June 2005
Payments System Reform

24 February 2005
Payments System Reform

2004

14 October 2004
Designation of the EFTPOS System

9 September 2004
Reform of Card Payment Systems in Australia

19 August 2004
Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998: Approval of Netting Arrangements
Cheques Act 1986: Recognition of Settlement System

11 June 2004
Reform of Card Payment Systems

10 March 2004
Regulation of Purchased Payment Facilities under the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

23 February 2004
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia - Access Regime

23 February 2004
Designation of Visa Debit Card Scheme in Australia

2003

31 October 2003
Interchange Fees for the Bankcard, MasterCard and Visa Credit Card Schemes

19 September 2003
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia

15 September 2003
Regulation of Purchased Payment Facilities under the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

24 July 2003
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia - Access Regime

1 July 2003
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia

30 May 2003
Financial Stability Standards

26 March 2003
Management of Exchange Settlement Accounts

2002

28 November 2002
Draft Financial Stability Standards

19 September 2002
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia

27 August 2002
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia

20 March 2002
Memorandum of Understanding
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Reserve Bank of Australia

18 March 2002
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia

13 March 2002
Exchange Settlement Account, Cashcard Australia

25 February 2002
Movement of Commonwealth Government Securities to the Austraclear System

2001

14 December 2001
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia

12 April 2001
Designation of Credit Card Schemes in Australia

2000

24 November 2000
Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998: Approval of Chess RTGS

10 October 2000
Joint RBA/ACCC Media Release - Debit and Credit Card Schemes in Australia. A Study of Interchange Fees and Access

15 June 2000
Joint RBA/APRA Media Release - Regulation of Purchased Payment Facilities

10 March 2000
Securities Clearing and Settlement in Australia

1999

24 November 1999
Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998: Approval of Multilateral Netting Arrangements

11 November 1999
Exchange Settlement Account, SFECH

16 September 1999
Joint RBA/ACCC Media Release - Study of Interchange Fees and Access in Debit and Credit Card Schemes

28 April 1999
Cheque Clearing Times

1 March 1999
Eligibility for Exchange Settlement Accounts

1998

9 September 1998
Joint ACCC/RBA Media Release - Memorandum of Understanding