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CBA readies wealth demerger, records $9.2bn cash profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... of $9.2 billion. CBA said its FY18 profit is down 4.8% on the previous year, hindered by items such as the $700 million AUSTRAC penalty, the removal of ATM withdrawal fees and the major bank levy. CBA chief executive Matt Comyn acknowledged a challenging ...

CBA settles with AUSTRAC for $700m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank will pay $700 million to resolve civil proceedings brought against it by AUSTRAC for contravening anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws - almost double what it anticipated. CBA has announced it reached an agreement with ...

Spaceship beefs up senior management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... worked as BT Financial Group's chief compliance officer, ASIC's company secretary and has been on advisory panels to ASIC, AUSTRAC and other Australian regulators. The appointments are in response to Spaceship and trustee Tidswell Financial Services' ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... week before ASIC acquired its ACCC powers, Australia's first laws for cryptocurrency service providers were announced. AUSTRAC's new suite of cryptocurrency laws will regulate digital currency exchange providers when they come into effect mid-May. Meanwhile ...

Cryptocurrency service providers now regulated: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
AUSTRAC has implemented the first laws for cryptocurrency service providers operating in Australia as the financial intelligence agency looks to mitigate criminal risk in the sector. AUSTRAC's new suite of cryptocurrency laws will regulate digital currency ...

CBA and AUSTRAC agree to mediate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
At the request of both parties, the Federal Court has referred the proceedings between CBA and AUSTRAC to mediation. The Court's decision also requires AUSTRAC to file and serve any reply to CBA's amended response by April 6 and set a timetable for ...

CBA denies majority of latest AUSTRAC allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... it denies most of the additional 100 anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing allegations handed down from AUSTRAC last December. In its submission to the Federal Court, CBA said it "denies 89 allegations in full and admits 11 allegations ...

CBA puts away $500m for regulatory costs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... profit. The banking group said it has set aside $375 million for an estimated civil penalty in relation to the ongoing AUSTRAC proceedings in the Federal Court. During the six month period it also set aside $200 million for "expected costs relating to ...

SMSFs and instos driving crypto exchange growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... investors that have been waiting on the sidelines are now choosing to enter the market. "Factors like the new regulation by AUSTRAC, emerging ETFs and crypto hedge funds, new bitcoin futures, and the growing mainstream acceptance of bitcoin as an asset ...

IMF ramps up funding for CBA class action

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... laundering and counter-terrorism financing levelled by the regulator. In an amended statement of claim released yesterday, AUSTRAC filed a further 100 alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislation (AML/CTF), increasing ...