Consumer Data Right On-boarding – Feedback
23 October 2020
The ABA believes that this process flow will benefit from an additional step ‘Testing’. The ABA recommends that testing stages which are aligned to those documented in the ACCC’s ‘Assurance Strategy Consumer Data Right’ (28/8/19) should be implemented for all data holders.
Download PDFTreasury Laws Amendment Bill 2020: CDR Consultation
19 October 2020
The ABA supports the Government’s intention to centralise design and rule making functions and encourages further centralisation of other critical functions of the CDR.
Download PDFProtecting Critical Infrastructure and Systems of National Significance
16 October 2020
The ABA strongly supports the Government’s desire to build on rather than duplicate existing regulation. A harmonised approach is critical to the implementation of these reforms in the banking industry. A single regulator having a clear mandate and a transparent system in place for regulatory co-ordination for banks - a model that may be relevant for other parts of the banking and financial services sector and other sectors.
Download PDFProposed APRA Performance Measures
24 September 2020
The ABA welcomes the timely review of APRA’s performance measures and supports more streamlined performance metrics. Developing new metrics is an opportunity for APRA to clearly demonstrate how it is implementing best practice and considering the compliance costs in its decision making holistically.
Download PDFAPRA consultation on treatment of loans impacted by COVID-19
21 August 2020
The ABA seeks clarification, but welcomes APRA’s approach by requiring a credit assessment to be ‘appropriate'. The ABA welcomes greater data transparency by regulators, but has a list of recommendations for ARS 923.3.
Download PDFInquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence
24 July 2020
The banking industry is committed to working with government and stakeholders to develop workable and effective strategies and policy solutions to support those impacted by family, domestic and sexual violence related financial abuse.
Download PDFBanking Amendment (Deposits) Bill 2020
10 July 2020
The ABA believes that deposits are currently protected and could not be bailed in during the resolution process of any ADI.
Download PDFABA Response to Senate inquiry into Australian Government’s response to COVID-19
2 June 2020
The response incorporates initiatives on loan deferrals and lending, banking accessibility, and electronic conveyancing and electronic mortgages. These measures were designed to support consumers and businesses through this difficult time and intended to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on bank customers.
Download PDFTreasury RIS consultation on Enhancements to Unfair Contract Term Provisions
27 May 2020
The Australian Banking Association (ABA) supports an effective regulatory regime that provides consumers and small business with a strong level of protection from unfair contract terms (UCTs) in standard form contracts. In our view, making UCTs illegal and attaching penalties will result in a more legalistic approach to contracting and an adversarial process with regulators. We believe that a supervisory focused enforcement approach by regulators can best deliver improved outcomes for small business.
Download PDFLessons learned from the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
22 May 2020
The ABA has set up a natural disasters work program that reports to our 16 Council members in order to clarify, strengthen and streamline the banking industry’s response to natural disasters to ensure that they have the right tools for the job at the right time. By the beginning of March 2020, the major banks had provided bushfire assistance grants totalling $7.6 million to more than 4,000 customers across Australia. The banks had also raised more than $42 million in donations to help devastated communities and assisted more than 3,500 customers with financial relief packages of the types described below.
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