Tag: Scott Farrell

Gig Guide: New ACCC chair begins term

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
New Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has begun her term as the first woman in the role, replacing Rod Sims after almost 11 years. Ms...

Apple, Google face potential payments reforms

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The likes of Apple and Google could be further regulated as the federal government embarks on an overhaul of the Australian payments regulatory framework. It comes after the Treasurer received...

Second CDR inquiry is ‘premature’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new government inquiry looking at expanding the Consumer Data Right before the scheme had actually launched is “premature”, according to the Financial Rights Legal Centre. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg...

New ideas for the data economy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If Australia wants to build any public confidence in the growing data economy, it needs to have structures and protections – some of which can be borrowed from other...

Govt backs open banking framework

Posted on   |  by James Riley
FinTechs left disappointed by a lack of further open banking announcements in Tuesday’s budget only had to wait until the next day for the big reveal. The federal government...

FB drama hits open banking

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian FinTech community has hit back at attempts by the big banks to use the recent Facebook data harvesting scandal as evidence the open banking movement should be...

Report: All green for Open Banking

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Scott Morrison says the government’s planned ‘open banking’ regulatory regime would give customers greater access and control of their data and would “revolutionise” the financial services sector. People...