Payments System Board Annual Report – 2013 The Board's Announcements and Reserve Bank Reports

This section lists developments since mid 2012. The Payments System Board's 2006 Annual Report contained a list of the Board's announcements and related Reserve Bank reports up to that time. Subsequent annual reports have contained an annual update.

2012

Media Release 2012-17, ‘Payments System Issues: Exchange Settlement Account Policy for Central Counterparties’, 31 July 2012.

Ensuring Appropriate Influence for Australian Regulators over Cross-border Clearing and Settlement Facilities, Council of Financial Regulators, Canberra, July 2012.

Media Release 2012-20, ‘Payments System Issues: Multi-Network Debit Cards’, 17 August 2012.

Media Release 2012-22, ‘Payments System Issues: Guidance Note for the Varied Surcharging Standards’, 23 August 2012.

Media Release 2012-23, ‘Payments System Issues: New Financial Stability Standards for Clearing and Settlement Facilities’, 29 August 2012.

Media Release 2012-24, ‘Payments System Issues: Variation to the Access Regime for the ATM System’, 29 August 2012.

ATM Fees, Pricing and Consumer Behaviour: An Analysis of ATM Network Reform in Australia, Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper, Sydney, August 2012.

Guidance Note: Interpretation of the Surcharging Standards (Revised Draft), Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, August 2012.

Consultation on New Financial Stability Standards, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, August 2012.

A Variation to the Access Regime for the ATM System: Conclusions, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, August 2012.

2011/12 Assessment of Clearing and Settlement Facilities in Australia, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, September 2012.

‘Payment System Design and Participant Operational Disruptions’, RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2012-05, September 2012.

‘Financial Regulation and Australian Dollar Liquid Assets’, RBA Bulletin, September 2012.

Report on the Australian OTC Derivatives Market, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, October 2012.

‘The Impact of Payment System Design on Tiering Incentives’, RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2012-06, October 2012.

Media Release 2012-34, ‘Payments System Issues: Card Surcharging Restrictions – Guidance Note and Commencement Date; Strategic Review of Innovation – Core Criteria and Amendment of Strategic Objectives’, 22 November 2012.

Media Release 2012-35, ‘Payments System Issues: Operational Incidents in Retail Payments Systems; Review of the Regulatory Framework for the EFTPOS System’, 29 November 2012.

RBA Core Criteria for a ‘Fast Payments’ Solution, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, November 2012.

Guidance Note: Interpretation of the Surcharging Standards, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, November 2012.

The Regulatory Framework for the EFTPOS System: Final Reforms and Regulation Impact Statement, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, November 2012.

Operational Incidents in Retail Payments Systems: Conclusions, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, November 2012.

Media Release 2012-37, ‘Payments System Issues: New Financial Stability Standards for Clearing and Settlement Facilities’, 5 December 2012.

New Financial Stability Standards: Final Standards and Regulation Impact Statement, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, December 2012.

Council of Financial Regulators Advice on Competition in Clearing of the Cash Equity Market, Council of Financial Regulators, Canberra, December 2012.

2013

Assessing the Sufficient Equivalence of an Overseas Regulatory Regime, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, January 2013.

Assessment against the Financial Stability Standard for Central Counterparties of LCH.Clearnet Limited's Proposed Clearing Facility for the FEX Market, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, February 2013.

Implementing the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures in Australia, Council of Financial Regulators, Canberra, February 2013.

Media Release 2013-03, ‘Industry Proposal for a Fast Payments Solution’, 20 February 2013.

Media Release 2013-11, ‘Consultation on Payment Card Access Regimes’, 28 May 2013.

Review of Card System Access Regimes: A Consultation Document, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, May 2013.

Australian Regulators' Statement on Assessing the Case for Mandatory Clearing Obligations, Council of Financial Regulators, Canberra, May 2013.

Assessment against the Financial Stability Standards for Central Counterparties of LCH.Clearnet Limited's SwapClear Service, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, June 2013.

‘OTC Derivatives Reforms and the Australian Cross-currency Swap Market’, RBA Bulletin, June 2013.

Report on the Australian OTC Derivatives Market, Council of Financial Regulators, July 2013.

Media Release 2013-04, ‘Introduction of the ASX Code of Practice for Clearing and Settlement of Cash Equities in Australia’, Council of Financial Regulators, Canberra, July 2013.

Supplementary Interpretation of the Financial Stability Standards for Central Counterparties, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, August 2013.

Frequency of Regulatory Assessments of Licensed Clearing and Settlement Facilities, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, August 2013.

Media Release 2013-16, ‘Dual-network Debit Cards’, 21 August 2013.