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RBA equity sinks to -$11.3B as costs and outages persist

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20 Oct, 2026
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Warwick Ponder
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20 Oct, 2026
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The Reserve Bank’s equity has fallen to -$11.3 billion as continuing payments outages expose unfinished resilience work, while its government customers face card payment costs turmoil and remain heavily reliant on BECS.
RBA equity sinks to -$11.3B as costs and outages persist
RBA Governor Michele Bullock. Background generated by AI.

The Reserve Bank’s equity has fallen to -$11.3 billion as continuing payments outages expose unfinished resilience work, while its government customers face card payment costs turmoil and remain heavily reliant on BECS.

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