The lender is one of three major banks to sign on to the RBA’s trial of a central bank digital currency and settlement ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia is taking the next step in creating a new digital version of the Australian dollar.

As global stablecoin use soars, the Reserve Bank is launching new trials of fiat-backed crypto, blockchain and CBDCs in real-world financial applications.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has named the fintechs and banks participating in a series of digital money and crypto asset trials later this year under Project Acacia, which has received regulatory ...

Why? Because we don’t know much about money and human behaviour, do we? They’re supposed to be rational, but they aren’t, mostly. Money scares the bejesus out of most people — they are erratic about ...

Project Acacia has today reached a significant milestone with a number of industry participants (see below) selected to explore how innovations ...

In the seven weeks leading up to the Australian central bank interest rate decision, its policymakers sat silent as hot wars ...

It is very rare for rates traders to price a 90%+ probability for a change in a central bank’s policy setting and to then be ...

Former RBA assistant governor Luci Ellis describes the decision by the monetary policy board to wait before cutting rates ...

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has already hit new record highs in 2025. But here's why it could go as high as 9,000 points ...

Luci Ellis is chief economist, Westpac Banking Group. This is her opinion and does not represent the opinions of Westpac or ...