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Reserve Bank weighing up ending OCR lockup ban – but there is a catch

The central bank is considering technology to help “run the lockups without wifi”

Jason Walls
Wed, 11 May 2016

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler says the central bank is considering technology that would block wifi and, potentially, cellphone signals at lockups.

Mr Wheeler says the Reserve Bank was “commissioning work to get outside consultants to see what the costs would be to control technology risks”

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Jason Walls
Wed, 11 May 2016
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