Payments & Infrastructure Resources Media Releases
2025
29 September 2025
Variation to the Access Regime for the ATM System
28 August 2025
Payments System Board Update: August 2025 Meeting
18 July 2025
Granting of Overseas Clearing and Settlement Facility Licence to Clearstream Banking S.A.
15 July 2025
Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging
2 July 2025
Industry Consultation on the Future of the Account-to-Account Payments System
30 June 2025
Consultation on Guidance for the Australian Clearing and Settlement Facility Resolution Regime
5 June 2025
Payments System Board Update: June 2025 Meeting
10 March 2025
Proposed Decommissioning of the Bulk Electronic Clearing System – RBA Risk Assessment
6 March 2025
Payments System Board Update: March 2025 Meeting
2024
21 November 2024
Payments System Board Update: November 2024 Meeting
28 October 2024
BIS and Central Bank Partners Demonstrate That Policy Compliance Can Be Embedded in Cross-border Transactions With Project Mandala
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
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
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