25 February 2020
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Australian banks welcome today’s proposal from APRA and ASIC to reduce the regulatory burden associated with the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). ABA CEO Simon Birmingham said this was a sensible measure announced in the 2026-27 Federal Budget to reduce some of the administrative burden placed on banks related to FAR. “This is a commonsense and… Read more »
The ABA acknowledges today’s release of designations, draft industry codes, draft rules and a government discussion paper regarding the Scam Prevention Framework (SPF). Banks will scrutinise these SPF settings carefully to ensure they: ABA CEO Simon Birmingham said the most important policy objective of the SPF needed to be preventing scam losses in the first… Read more »
E&OE Bran Black, BCA: I’m here with colleagues from industry associations that represent the length and breadth of Australia’s economy, and we’re here today to talk about a couple of key features of the Budget. What I wanted to do is just take a step back first and just talk about how we came together…. Read more »