Search: credit risk/exposure
RBA Glossary definition for credit risk/exposure
credit risk/exposure – The risk that a counterparty will not settle an obligation for full value, either when due or thereafter. In 'exchange-for-value' systems, the risk is generally defined to include replacement risk (the risk of having to replace a contract at a potentially unfavourable price) and principal risk.
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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
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
Reform of Credit Card Schemes in Australia
19 Sep 2002
Media Releases
Visa International has today announced that it is mounting a legal challenge in the Federal Court to have the final reforms to credit card schemes in Australia overturned
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2002/mr-02-18.html
Payments System Reform
10 Dec 2008
Media Releases
Media release announcing the designation of the ATM system, the release of a consultation document setting out a draft Access Regime of that system and the variation of the Interchange Fee Standards for credit and debit cards
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2008/mr-08-28.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
Payments System Issues
5 Mar 2007
Media Releases
Decisions made at the 26 February 2007 meeting of the Payments System Board
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2007/mr-07-02.html
Payments System Reform
24 Feb 2005
Media Releases
Announces that the Payments System Board decided to release draft standards for the EFTPOS and Visa Debit systems for public comment. The Board also considered the case for designating the American Express and Diners Club payments system, but
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2005/mr-05-02.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
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
4 Apr 2023
Media Releases
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 3.60 per cent and the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances unchanged at 3.50 per cent.
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2023/mr-23-08.html
Payments System Board – Novemember 2005
25 Nov 2005
Media Releases
Following a meeting of the Payment System Board on 22 November 2005, the Bank is gazetting a revised Standard to apply to the setting of interchange fees in the designated Bankcard, MasterCard and Visa credit card schemes in Australia. The new
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2005/mr-05-13.html