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Westpac faces 23 million breaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Westpac is facing 23 million alleged breaches of anti-money laundering laws and counter terrorism laws. AUSTRAC has applied to the Federal Court seeking civil penalty orders against Westpac relating to "systematic" non-compliance with the Anti Money ...

Afterpay slides in global fintech rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... In June AUSTRAC went after the firm, ordering an audit of its compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act (AML/CTF), with a final report due later this month. At the time Afterpay said it welcomed the opportunity to ...

AUSTRAC orders audit of PayPal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... subject to fines or even possible criminal prosecution if found to be in breach of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter -Terrorism Financing Act 2006. AUSTRAC said it will work closely with the company during the process.

AUSTRAC zeroes in on Afterpay

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... the regulatory heat after AUSTRAC ordered an audit of the fintech's compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act (AML/CTF) laws. AUSTRAC said an external auditor will examine Afterpay's governance and the oversight of decisions ...

NZ Super responds to Australian social media laws

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... individual or $840,000 for an organisation. The laws define abhorrent violent material as content depicting violent acts of terrorism, murder, attempted murder, torture, rape or kidnapping. They do not define expeditiously, or provide an acceptable timeframe ...

Super a money laundering target: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... the necessary knowledge of their products, channels and customers to understand and respond to the money laundering/terrorism financing risks they face."

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... agreements with other countries 10. The best place for science and innovation 11. Cooperation in the fight against crime and terrorism 12. A smooth, orderly Brexit Which targets have been met and which ones haven't, I can only surmise. But the point ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... the intelligence the remuneration committee received regarding issues such as the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism scandal, was inadequate but went ahead in approving large pay packets. This is despite Livingstone defending the banks' remuneration ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... investigating the bank's conduct in fees-for-no-service, misselling of credit card insurance and its violation of anti-terrorism and money laundering laws. CBA's group chief risk officer of the time David Cohen failed to mention the last three events ...

Australia behind when it comes to pay transparency: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... $700m civil settlement between CBA and AUSTRAC over the bank's contravention of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws, Christensen said executive pay was becoming difficult for companies to justify to shareholders, especially when mismanagement ...