Australia’s consumer data sharing regime will be simplified in a bid to reduce compliance costs for banks and energy providers while lifting uptake among consumers, under a series of...
Consumer Data Right
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Hereās a philosophical question for the times: If a national economy-wide digital economy platform initiative is suffering a slow, tortured death ā and no one notices ā should it...
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Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones cannot see a ābig futureā for fintechs and other businesses that continue to rely on screen scraping, declaring that the āworld has moved onā as...
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Australia’s competition watchdog is set to increase enforcement activities against banks that feed poor data into the Consumer Data Right following consultation with data recipients. In particular, āsignificant shortcomingsā...
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A more deliberate effort to maintain good data quality in the Consumer Data Right (CDR) scheme must be taken to increase participation and present a viable alternative to screen...
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The competition watchdog has issued its first infringement notice for an alleged breach of the Consumer Data Right to the Bank of Queensland. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
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Australiaās largest accredited data recipient under the Consumer Data Right scheme has backed the regulator’s warning that it intends to take enforcement action to ensure compliance if the banks...
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New competition tsar Gina Cass-Gottlieb has outlined her priorities in the role, with a commitment to enforce the Consumer Data Right and protect consumer interests in the financial services...
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A report from FinTech firm Frollo has revealed an improvement in data sharing through Australiaās Open Banking system. Frollo operates an Open Banking platform that facilitates the transfer of...
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When the Consumer Data Right (CDR) legislation came into effect, it was a win for consumers in the banking and finance sector. Consumers could control how their data was...
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Consumers will begin to see benefits of Australiaās data portability by next year after a half-decade ābuild phaseā, according to Minister for Financial Services and the Digital Economy Jane...
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Consumers will have greater direct control over their own customer data held by internet providers and phone companies after the Treasurer on Monday designated telecommunications as the third sector...
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Australian FinTechs have welcomed the latest expansion of Australiaās data portability scheme which will allow companies to act on behalf of consumers in certain situations like making payments, opening...
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Australiaās new data portability scheme could lead to āhyper-tailoredā retirement income based on a person’s insurance, health and financial data, according to the minister leading the initiative. In a...