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No change to policy rate.

“The government is not expecting a budget surplus this decade and is forecasting gross debt to reach $1.2 trillion by 2024-25.”

The future of payments; ATM withdrawals up, Project Atom report released

Exploring a Wholesale CBDC for Syndicated Lending.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will on Wednesday reveal a string of regulatory and tax proposals covering digital wallets, the buy now, pay later sector and even a possible central bank digital currency that he says will put Australia at the front of the growing fintech economy.

New ABA Chair appointed. Federal parliament has risen, HSR up to 19.8%

Anna Bligh, Chief Executive Officer at the ABA, thanked Mr Callaghan and the Committee and said banks remained committed to further improving the Code for the benefit of Australian customers.

The Australian Banking Association (ABA) Council has today appointed Peter King, Chief Executive Officer of Westpac, as Chair.

“When rates do rise, there are convincing reasons to think the increases will be fairly modest, and borrowing money will remain historically cheap.”

The Australian Banking Association (ABA) has today released its 2021 SME Lending Report, highlighting how important Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are to the country’s economic recovery.

Online gambling final report, critical infrastructure bill passes, CEDA video.

utgoing ABA Chair Matt Comyn and ABA CEO Anna Bligh were the guest speakers at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia’s annual dinner, where they spoke on the evolving banking sector.