Australian fintech Alex secures banking licence from APRA
It’s the first licence to be handed out by APRA in 18 months.
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Australia consults industry on more “sustainable” challenger bank licence
The APRA’s consultation closes at the end of April.
Australia’s regulator flags new internal bank stress-testing framework
APRA will consult the industry on the development of the framework in H2 2020.
Banks’ culture and governance next target for Australian regulators
There will be “deep dive” reviews if firms don’t deliver.
Xinja lands full Aussie banking licence
It is the country’s first independent neobank to receive a full licence and open accounts.
Xinja grows up to be a bank with APRA licence
The Australian regulator has given the bank a restricted authorised deposit-taking institution licence.
APRA’s economic and financial statistics reform: extracting value from tech and new data demands
Where there’s a reform, there’s an opportunity.
APRA’s EFS Form Review consultation: first stage of a long road
On 16 January 2017, the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) released for public consultation its Economic and Financial Statistics (EFS) Form Review. Notably, this consultation package represents a major overhaul of many of the financial and statistical returns currently prepared by the Australian authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) as well as introducing a new set of returns to be submitted. We examine what’s at stake.
