On 15 July 2025, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issued a paper that sets out preliminary conclusions of the Payments System Board (PSB) following an earlier consultation process undertaken after the release of the Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging Issues Paper in October 2024. The paper also includes for
Australian Senate signals reform is on the way
Australia has one of the broadest prohibitions on insider dealing in financial products in the world.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) oversees and regulates activity on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Manipulation in energy and commodities derivatives markets was an ASIC specific enforcement priority for 2023 – earlier this