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Regulators release crypto, cyber security roadmaps

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... ransomware attacks, or someone could be using digital currencies to commit serious crimes such as money laundering, scams, or terrorism financing. Blockchain Australia chief executive Steve Vallas added: "The use of digital currencies for criminal purposes ...

Bell Financial Group in AUSTRAC probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... arose following a period of engagement with Bell Financial Group, including that the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/DTF Act) and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules Instrument 2007 (AML/CTF ...

ClearView uses new anti-money laundering technology

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... Napier is based in the UK but has other clients in Australia including Australia Post, which it provides AML and counter-terrorism financing capabilities for. "It's incumbent on financial organisations to have the most robust Regtech possible, which ...

BTC Markets adds to advisory board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... assets, a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) company structure, changes to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing guidelines and capital gains tax. The report recommended developing a "token" classification for different cryptocurrencies ...

Westpac profit jumps 138%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... AUSTRAC charges. In FY20, Westpac recorded $2.6 billion of costs related to contravening anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws. "Through the year we rebuilt our processes, systems and practices and closed out all the matters referenced in ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... assets, a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) company structure, changes to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing guidelines and capital gains tax. The report recommended developing a "token" classification for different cryptocurrencies ...

AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... wants the government to look into what she refers to as the failures of Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime. She wants to understand whether Australia is particularly attractive to international money laundering syndicates ...

AUSTRAC investigates NAB, JBWere

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... Australia Bank and its subsidiaries, including JBWere, are allegedly failing their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligations, according to AUSTRAC. The financial intelligence agency is investigating NAB's "potential serious and ...

Westpac senior leader departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... after it received a record fine from AUSTRAC last year for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism provisions. The bank announced it would merge its consumer and business division s and combine leadership in March, saying at ...

Former Westpac chief executive in new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... after AUSTRAC alleged Westpac was involved in "systematic" non-compliance with the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Act 2006 on over 23 million occasions. Westpac eventually paid a $1.3 billion penalty, representing the largest civil penalty ...