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RBA Glossary definition for smart card
smart card – Also known as a chip card or IC (integrated circuit) card. A card containing one or more computer chips or integrated circuits for identification, data storage or special-purpose processing used to validate personal identification numbers (PINs), authorise purchases, verify account balances and store personal records.
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Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia
19 Sep 2003
Media Releases
Announces that the RBA welcomes today's decision by the Federal Court which dismissed an application by Visa International and MasterCard International challenging credit card reforms. The Court's decision clears the way for the final implementation
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2003/mr-03-12.html
Study of Interchange Fees and access in Debit and Credit Card Schemes Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Reserve Bank…
16 Sep 1999
Media Releases
Joint study into interchange fees for debit and credit cards, and membership criteria for credit cards
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1999/mr-99-accc.html
Reform of Debit Card Systems in Australia
7 Jul 2006
Media Releases
The Reserve Bank introduces reforms for scheme debit systems
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2006/mr-06-04.html
Payment Card Access Regimes
18 Dec 2014
Media Releases
Payment Card Access Regimes
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2014/mr-14-22.html
Explanatory Notes on Access Regimes for the Designated Credit Card Schemes
20 Feb 2004
Media Release
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Explanatory Note on Access Regime for the Designated Credit Card Schemes. ... effect on any participant in the designated credit card systems. The change.
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2004/pdf/mr-04-02-expl-note.pdf
Interchange Fees for the Bankcard, Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Schemes
31 Oct 2003
Media Releases
Credit card reform has resulted in interchange fees charged by Bankcard, MasterCard and Visa card schemes to be reduced to around a little over half of their previous level. The Reserve Bank is confident that competition will ensure that the new,
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2003/mr-03-14.html
Interchange Fees for the MasterCard and Visa Schemes
29 Sep 2006
Media Releases
Announcement of calculation of Interchange Fee Benchmarks for the MasterCard and Visa Schemes
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2006/mr-06-08.html
Joint Media Release: Debit and Credit Card Schemes in Australia: A Study of Interchange Fees and Access
10 Oct 2000
Media Release
Joint Media Release Debit and Credit Card Schemes in Australia A Study of Interchange Fees and Access. ... aspect of the Australian payments system – the networks for ATMs, credit cards and debit cards.
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2000/jmr-rba-accc.html
Payments System Reforms
27 Apr 2006
Media Releases
The Reserve Bank released a package of reforms to the EFTPOS and scheme debits systems. It also revoked the designation of the Bankcard system, which is in the process of winding up, and determined that the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998 does
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2006/mr-06-02.html
Payments System Issues
11 Dec 2006
Media Releases
This general approach arose out of the original consultations that the Bank conducted on the credit card standards. ... As part of its ongoing monitoring, the Bank recently sought additional data from MasterCard and Visa on interchange revenue and
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2006/mr-06-13.html