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Open banking to charge on

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... watchdog has confirmed the launch of open banking will go ahead at the July 1 deadline as a means to help drive competition. ACCC chair Rod Sims said he believes a key driver of reform, and greatly improved competition in financial services will be the ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... authorities, offering to help unaware superannuation members ensure they aren't 'locked out of their account by the new rules'. An ACCC spokesperson told Financial Standard the scams have increased since the government announced Australians suffering ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... last year that the banks had decided to restrict share sales "independently", but voluntarily withdrew this statement. The ACCC alleges that the banks made the agreement together after a failed capital raise that led to an oversupply of ANZ shares. ACCC ...

ACCC denies impropriety

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
The ACCC has denied acting with impropriety in bringing criminal cartel charges against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. The regulator is being questioned after the Commonwealth brought charges against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank following the ...

Consumer data right for open banking delayed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The ACCC has delayed the launch of consumer data right (CDR) for the banking sector to July 2020, postponing key components of the reform that would have allowed the kick-off of open banking in Australia by February next year. Consumers will now be ...

ACCC immunity deal questioned by court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... capital and derivatives, Richard Galvin, has been forced to answer questions over the immunity deal offered to him by the ACCC over the cartel scandal of 2015. The Commonwealth brought charges against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank following an ACCC ...

AFCA gets 1450 complaints a week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... contact AFCA with Consumer Data Right complaints. The Consumer Data Right ecosystem will launch in February 2020, with the ACCC announcing participants including 86400, Intuit, Identitii and Money Tree. In its first six months in operation, AFCA collected ...

ACCC to probe rate cut decisions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been directed by the government to immediately establish an inquiry into the behaviour of Australia's banks when it comes to passing on interest rate cuts. Announcing the inquiry on this ...

Open Banking gets another shot in parliament

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... "Progress to the February launch is well advanced," Frydenberg said. "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will issue the 'lock-down' version of the Rules governing the system by the end of August; and the interim Data Standards ...

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... entire structure. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Capability Review report, which was spearheaded by former ACCC chair Graeme Samuel, handed down 24 recommendations that seek to ultimately shakeup the regulator's effectiveness, leadership ...