NAB completes Citibank migration, becomes nation’s super Issuer

Warwick Ponder
Editor
3 Dec, 2025
NAB just became Australia’s biggest card issuer with the completion of the Citibank migration, and now it wants relief on the Reserve Bank’s proposed interchange cuts.
NAB completes Citibank migration, becomes nation’s super Issuer

NAB just became Australia’s biggest card issuer with the completion of the Citibank migration, and now it wants relief on the Reserve Bank’s proposed interchange cuts.

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