Australia’s national auditor is contemplating a review of the former Morrison government’s $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative despite an earlier internal review commissioned by Labor clearing the grant selections....
A more deliberate effort to maintain good data quality in the Consumer Data Right (CDR) scheme must be taken to increase participation and present a viable alternative to screen...
The competition watchdog has issued its first infringement notice for an alleged breach of the Consumer Data Right to the Bank of Queensland. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
New competition tsar Gina Cass-Gottlieb has outlined her priorities in the role, with a commitment to enforce the Consumer Data Right and protect consumer interests in the financial services...
A report from FinTech firm Frollo has revealed an improvement in data sharing through Australia’s Open Banking system. Frollo operates an Open Banking platform that facilitates the transfer of...
Pay-day loan companies and other non-bank lenders will be added to Australia’s data portability scheme under the federal government’s plan to expand the Consumer Data Right across the finance...
Consumers will begin to see benefits of Australia’s data portability by next year after a half-decade “build phase”, according to Minister for Financial Services and the Digital Economy Jane...
There was an uptick in data breaches in the second half of 2021 but an overall drop compared to the previous year, according to the privacy watchdog’s end of...
Australian FinTechs have welcomed the latest expansion of Australia’s data portability scheme which will allow companies to act on behalf of consumers in certain situations like making payments, opening...
Australia’s privacy watchdog found no areas of high privacy risk in an assessment of the Big Four banks’ Consumer Data Right policies and practices but did identify at least...