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- 29 January 2025
Fines are rapidly becoming the regulator's go-to tool to force financial institutions into taking cybersecurity seriously.
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- 19 December 2024
Discover the roadmap to agile, customer-first banking with insights from Backbase, EY, and Microsoft.
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- 18 December 2024
Early incarnations of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are showing enormous promise for the global financial sector, opening up new trade opportunities and accelerating global payments and commerce. However, the largely siloed development of digital currencies and their supporting infrastructure...
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- 16 October 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is seeking industry feedback on a proposed new fees framework that could impose bans on merchants adding surcharges for card-based payments. In a just-released issues paper, part of an industry-wide consultation on a new...
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- 9 October 2024
Beyond Bank sees prompt departure of CEO, New Zealand regulator FMA appoints transformation chief, and IAG sees off long-serving director. Executive ◼️ Beyond Bank has announced Chief Executive Jake Bromwich will depart the bank immediately. Bromwich, who joined B Corp...
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- 9 October 2024
Finance and tech leaders depend on their partnership to navigate a fast-changing IT landscape Modern business challenges are requiring the roles of CFO and CIO to become more intwined for organisations to succeed. This comprehensive survey of nearly 3,000 global...
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- 11 September 2024
The Federal Government has announced it will legislate a ban on the use of adverse predictive genetic test results by life insurers. The reforms effectively prohibit life insurers from using applicants’ adverse genetic results to determine policy coverage or claims...
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- 3 September 2024
The Financial Services Union (FSU), the peak body representing the sector’s employees, has called for new laws to prohibit excessive surveillance of workers by employers, with concerns artificial intelligence (AI) may turbocharge and bias monitoring activity. The FSU’s National Assistant...
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- 2 September 2024
ASX-listed Tasmanian bank MyState has overhauled its digital banking services, backed by Dutch banking tech developer Backbase’s composable banking platform. MyState worked with Backbase to embed its flagship, out-of-the-box Engagement Banking Platform. The platform has promised to “simplify money management...
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- 28 August 2024
Our popular Movers & Shakers – Financial Services series – a wrap-up of the industry’s senior leadership appointments, departures and movements – returns as a weekly! Appointments ◼️ The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has appointed Jamie Crank as its next...
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- 12 August 2024
The Federal Government has laid out its plans to reform the Consumer Data Right (CDR) scheme, including simplification of consent rules and a proposal to reduce onerous compliance and onboarding costs. Treasury has opened consultation on these proposed changes, which...
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- 11 July 2024
FST Government’s Future of New South Wales Government Summit 2024 brought together over 150 public sector leaders, 26 distinguished speakers and cohosts, and 9 sponsors to explore the state’s reprioritisation of digital investment, delivery and innovation. Our conference hosted deep...
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- 9 July 2024
Australia’s big four banks – ANZ, CBA, NAB, and Westpac – remain, almost certainly, exposed to the majority of money laundering risk facing the country’s banking sector, “given the size of their customer base, scale of operations, cash transaction infrastructure...
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- 26 June 2024
FST Media’s Banking Summit, Sydney 2024 brought together over 200 banking executives, 16 distinguished speakers and cohosts, and 15 sponsors to explore the next era of banking. Our conference theme was “Revolutionising Banking” and explored the evolution of banking and...
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- 25 June 2024
FSTGov's Future of Queensland Government Summit 2024 returned for its 8th Annual Edition, where it united over 190 public sector thought leaders and top technologists to explore Queensland’s digital innovation roadmap.
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