The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said on Thursday an internal power failure at its data centre in Sydney had affected some of its payment services.

The infrastructure that supports its real-time payment services - the New Payments Platform - was unaffected by the outage, the RBA said.

The central bank's "payments system" includes clearing and settlement for cash, cards, cheques and electronic funds transfer transactions. Credit:Louie Douvis

"There have been disruptions to the payment system but normal service is gradually being restored," an RBA spokeswoman told Reuters.

The central bank's payments system includes clearing and settlement for cash, cards, cheques and electronic funds transfer transactions.