Australia’s consumer data sharing regime will be simplified in a bid to reduce compliance costs for banks and energy providers while lifting uptake among consumers, under a series of...
The Queensland and New South Wales governments will try and revive competition reforms in electronic conveyancing after the industry body leading interoperability efforts halted its program late last month....
Blockchain and digital asset technologies should be a priority for government according to federal Labor rising star Andrew Charlton, who on Tuesday likened the potential prosperity gains that would...
Local FinTechs are being called up to help the New South Wales government introduce innovative payment methods as part of a major refresh of its transactional banking contracts. NSW...
The federal government’s financial regulatory sandbox is “underutilised and not fit for purpose”, warranting an urgent review of the regime that has been in place for less than four...
As investment in Australia’s FinTechs dries up, the sector’s peak group is juggling new ways to support its next generation to ride emerging areas like AI and sustainable finance...
Digital wallets and Buy Now Pay Later products are set to be regulated like existing payment systems, with the federal government issuing draft legislation to extend the reach of...
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones cannot see a “big future” for fintechs and other businesses that continue to rely on screen scraping, declaring that the “world has moved on” as...
Australia is a long way off issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency, according to a final report on pilot projects initiated by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the...
Airwallex has called for a detailed timeline on the federal government’s payment system modernisation agenda to prevent more delays and ensure the fintech regulation does not slip further behind...