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ACCC zeroes in on construction sector data

The Australian competition watchdog is “prioritising” investigation of the construction sector amid concerns that large software providers are charging exorbitant rates to transfer data to other providers and maintain...

Govt unveils digital business recovery plan

29 September 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government has unveiled an $800 million digital business package, but more than half of the funding is going towards following through with a 2018 budget promise to...

FinTech, data rights and a Newfound mission

8 September 2020 | by David McClure

Australia’s consumer data right legislation doesn’t just exist to open up the banking sector, it’s for making the product matching and switching process much easier in an increasingly wide...

Open banking’s majestically slow start

30 July 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australia’s Consumer Data Right scheme has received a further $20 million after the opening banking regime’s slow start this month, with only one FinTech signed up as a data...

The unrealised potential of data intermediaries

1 July 2020 | by Ross Sharrott

The delay to allowing data intermediaries to fully participate in the Consumer Data Right (CDR) will significantly curtail the effectiveness of open banking in Australia and the creation of...

Consumer Data Right gets its road rules

11 May 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The privacy and competition watchdogs have outlined how they plan to enforce the rules and laws surrounding the Consumer Data Right, which will be launched into the banking sector...

Timing couldn’t be better for Open Banking

16 April 2020 | by Kristofer Rogers

At the recent AFR banking and wealth conference, held as a virtual event during these unprecedented times, ACCC chairman Rod Sims reasserted a commitment to keeping the July 1...

FinTech inquiry pivots to COVID-19 response

1 April 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The decision to delay the landmark Parliamentary inquiry into FinTech and reopen submission to address COVID-19 is “dangerous” and risks taking the momentum out of the government’s response to...

Data rights on track for July launch

31 March 2020 | by James Riley

There has never been a more important time to expedite digital innovation across the economy according to competition tsar chief Rod Sims, who says the ACCC will keep its...

FinTech screen scraping scrap heats up

18 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The landmark Parliamentary inquiry into the FinTech sector has again descended into a feud over the controversial practice of screen scraping, much to the chagrin of FinTech Australia. Screen...

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