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3 editions

From 27 July 2026. One edition each Monday, covering the week just gone.

Sunday, 16 August 2026

Cloudbank Digest — RBNZ opens prudential levy consultation +18 more · 16 Aug

  • · RBNZ opens consultation on new prudential levy for banks, insurers and FMIs
  • · ASB's FY2026 profit falls 2% to NZ$1.32bn as CCCFA class-action settlement lifts costs 16%
  • · [UPDATE] Westpac's AI-agent savings quantified at 150,000 hours a year as Tower, NAB, ASX and Barrenjoey scale their own agent programmes

Sunday, 9 August 2026

Cloudbank Digest — Revolut secures Australian banking licence +14 more · 09 Aug

  • · [UPDATE] Revolut secures Australian banking licence, launches business savings at 4.25%
  • · Westpac Australia's AI agents turn a six-day task into one hour
  • · FMA warns of deepfake-driven investment scams impersonating NZ public figures

Monday, 3 August 2026

Cloudbank Digest — AU Scams Prevention Framework deadline looms +13 more · 3 Aug

  • · [UPDATE] Australia's Scams Prevention Framework: AFCA locked in, banks face 14 August deadline
  • · NZ unemployment forecast to hit a decade-plus high on Wednesday
  • · [UPDATE] PayPal board rejects Stripe-Advent's $53bn bid, counters near $70 a share

Daily (beta)

19 editions

5–22 July 2026, during beta. Published each morning, so consecutive editions often revisit the same story as it developed.

−Week of 20–26 July4 editions
Sun
26Cloudbank Digest — Revolut eyes NZ bank licence as Australian rollout begins +15 more · 26 Jul16Wed
22Cloudbank Digest — Revolut wins first APAC banking licence +16 more · 22 Jul17Tue
21Cloudbank Digest — NZ inflation hits two-year high +19 more · 21 Jul20Mon
20Cloudbank Digest — PayPal board weighs $53bn Stripe-Advent bid +9 more · 20 Jul10
+Week of 13–19 July7 editions
Sun
19Cloudbank Digest — RBNZ's $209m levy consultation opens +34 more · 19 Jul35Sat
18Cloudbank Digest — SWIFT's SR2026 payment rules go live +13 more · 18 Jul14Fri
17Cloudbank Digest — China GDP hits 3-year low, NZD slips +5 more · 17 Jul6Thu
16Cloudbank Digest — UK assembles 54-firm tokenisation taskforce +19 more · 16 Jul20Wed
15Cloudbank Digest — Big-five banks pass RBNZ's hike through to mortgages +21 more · 15 Jul22Tue
14Cloudbank Digest — RBNZ opens crisis-preparedness consultation +25 more · 14 Jul26Mon
13Cloudbank Digest — HSBC Australia fined A$35m over scam failures +9 more · 13 Jul10
+Week of 6–12 July7 editions
Sun
12Cloudbank Digest — India, NZ agree to link UPI payment rails +24 more · 12 Jul25Sat
11Cloudbank Digest — RBNZ pencils two more hikes, OCR seen near 3% by year-end +17 more · 11 Jul18Fri
10Cloudbank Digest — RBNZ signals more OCR hikes ahead +11 more · 10 Jul12Thu
9Cloudbank Digest — RBNZ delivers surprise hike to 2.50% +24 more · 09 Jul25Wed
8Cloudbank Digest — Visa takes agentic commerce live in Europe +11 more · 08 Jul12Tue
7Cloudbank Digest — NZIER Shadow Board split on knife-edge OCR call +20 more · 07 Jul21Mon
6Cloudbank — DIA becomes sole AML/CFT supervisor +13 more · 6 Jul14
+Week of 29 Jun – 5 Jul1 edition
Sun
5Cloudbank — FMA becomes sole consumer credit regulator +19 more · 05 Jul20

Pilot

1 edition

June 2026. Ad-hoc editions from the first build, irregular cadence.

Saturday, 20 June 2026

Cloudbank — AML single supervisor goes live 1 Jul +20 more · 20 Jun

  • · AML/CFT moves to a single supervisor (DIA) from 1 July 2026
  • · Global stablecoin rules shift from legislation to enforcement
  • · FMA & ASIC escalate against AI deepfake investment scams