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CBA builds tokenised deposit capability and joins a global stablecoin consortium, as ANZ readies cross-border digital money

Australia's biggest bank CBA is working on the tokenised deposits capability, and with a global consortium for stablecoins, as it looks for ...

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
July 29, 2026

Aussie Swyftx secures AFSL to broaden payments ambitions

Crypto brokerage Swyftx has secured an Australian Financial Services Licence, paving the way for future payment products as it expands beyond digital ...

Warwick Ponder
July 15, 2026

Banking Circle Australia leadership shake-up after NPP blow-ups

What the company describes as “a planned and carefully governed succession” in Australia, comes as the global group is making wholesale changes ...

Michael Sainsbury
July 8, 2026

Banking Circle opens Australia to pipeline of global stablecoin players

Banking Circle is expanding its Australian stablecoin push, introducing a pipeline of international digital asset firms to local payment rails while remaining ...

Warwick Ponder
June 17, 2026

An Australian fintech just made the first legal crypto bet in Nevada history

Aussie fintech BurraPay spent a decade building the compliance plumbing that finally got Bitcoin past the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The first ...

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
June 10, 2026

ACCC assesses competition impact of Mastercard’s BVNK acquisition

The ACCC has called for submissions about the potential competition impacts of Mastercard’s proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK. ...

Staff Reporter
May 20, 2026

Bolt repurposes AP+ white elephant Beem after Binance setback

As it looks to recover from an embarrassing short-lived relationship with controversial crypto wallet Binance, Bolt Group's latest move is to give ...

Michael Sainsbury
April 15, 2026

Unplugged Binance fined $10m for exposure

Binance Australia is having a bad year. After being unplugged after a short stint riding the Australian financial system via Bolt Group ...

Warwick Ponder
April 1, 2026

Tokenisation is coming, but Australia’s still got a lot of work to do: RBA

Brad Jones laid out a roadmap for tokenised money and assets at the Australian Payments Plus Beyond Tomorrow conference. The message to ...

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
April 1, 2026

Coinbase asks Senate for more on debanking

As the government looks to introduce the Digital Assets Framework Bill to regulate crypto currencies in Australia, Coinbase remains concerned about the ...

Rachel St Clair
March 25, 2026

Stablecoin transactions pay the toll with Mastercard and Visa making sure of it

Mastercard and Visa are building the tollbooth for stablecoin, one acquisition and partnership at a time. ...

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
March 25, 2026

US Ripple buys remnants of BC Payments for Aussie licence

US crypto outfit Ripple is buying the remnants of Banking Circle’s original Australian entity, BC Payments Australia, to obtain an Australian Financial ...

Warwick Ponder
March 18, 2026

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