Working Groups

Purpose: To address access to banking in regional and remote Australia including implementation of the Regional Banking Taskforce final report, de-banking of individual customers and First Nations banking issues.

Working Group Owner: Ali Beiglari

Purpose: To provide high level guidance and advice on banking issues for agribusiness customers and to identify emerging risks and opportunities for industry reputation.

Purpose: Establishing banking industry strategy to counter terrorism financing and money laundering.

Working Group Owner: Emily Gamaroff

Purpose: To discuss issues and consultation on Prudential Standard APS 220 Credit Quality and the new APS 220 Credit Risk Management.

Working Group Owner: Stephen Hallyburton

Purpose: Represent and advance the banking industry’s views on APRA’s crisis preparedness consultations and obligations.

Working Group Owner: Stephen Hallyburton

Purpose: Represent and advance the banking industry’s views on APRA’s public disclosure consultations and obligations

Working Group Owner: Mitchell Frater-Baird

Purpose: Assess the usefulness and relevance of ISO Standard 42001 to support the development of an ABA framework for managing the risks and opportunities posed by AI. This framework could then form the basis of any voluntary AI Safety Standard for the banking sector as proposed by Industry Minister, Ed Husic.

Working Group Owner: Nicholas Giurietto

Purpose: To manage the Implementation Agreement for the ATM Fee Proposal and ensure compliance by banks with the terms of the agreement, to provide feedback to the ABA and Government on the ATM Fee Proposal and to determine alternative approach or decide to continue the ATM Fee Proposal based on regular reviews of operation and service as well as customer behaviour.

Working Group Owner: Steve Blinkhorn

Purpose: A targeted working group to develop a mechanism to share ATO data with banks for credit decisioning.

Working Group Owner: Julia Cassuben

Purpose: Work with members to update and produce the Banking Code of Practice.

Working Group Owner: Steve Blinkhorn

Purpose: To facilitate engagement with ASIC for the purpose of its API project for breach reporting.

Working Group Owner: Arad Moradian

Purpose: Capital Framework Revisions

Working Group Owner: Stephen Hallyburton

Purpose: This working group will address the projects initiated by the Consumer Outcomes Group to improve banking services and financial literacy for prisoners

Working Group Owner: Melissa Clare

Purpose: This group is responsible for any updates to the Conduct Background Check Protocol.

Working Group Owner: Amanda Millar

Purpose: The Consumer Outcomes Group is a joint bank and consumer representative forum for discussing and responding to existing and emerging issues to improve consumer outcomes in retail banking.