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Westpac discovers additional transaction irregularities

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Westpac's money laundering woes continue to worsen, with the bank today announcing it has uncovered hundreds of thousands of additional transactions of $10,000 or more that are "incomplete or inaccurate" to AUSTRAC. After further investigation, the ...

Westpac found to be immature, reactive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... November 2018, however decided to launch a reassessment following AUSTRAC's allegations the bank breached anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws over 23 million times. The controversy led to the former chief executive, Brian Hartzer, and chair ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... correspondent and dollar clearing business. "Danske Estonia, which is at the center of one of the world's largest money laundering scandals, suffered from inherent control failures that resulted in large quantities of money being moved on behalf ...

AustralianSuper appoints head of financial crime

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... AustralianSuper's head of financial crime, security and resilience, Garcia will be responsible for compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, preventing fraud and other financial crime. He will also work on business continuity ...

Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... executive had portrayed the AML BitCoin as being superior to the original cryptocurrency, arguing it boasted anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism and theft-resistant technology. In reality, none of these capabilities existed and AML BitCoin and its ...

APRA hands reins to ASIC in AUSTRAC case

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... standards of fitness and propriety under the Banking Act to ASIC. In November last year, AUSTRAC exposed 23 million money laundering breaches using Westpac's now-defunct international money transfer product LitePay, some which it explosively revealed ...

Westpac admits to failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... defence in the Federal Court in relation to proceedings brought by AUSTRAC regarding alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws. "Westpac accepts the gravity of the issues raised by the AUSTRAC claim and has made a ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Royal Commission and Westpac having the financial watchdog AUSTRAC level 23 million allegations against it for breaches of money-laundering and counter-terrorism finance laws," chief executive and founder Tim Clover said. "With COVID-19, the banks have ...

Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... for extra verification as part of the processes we have in place to keep members' money safe from fraud and money laundering," Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle. "These applications will likely extend beyond the five day period and we know that this ...

Westpac AUSTRAC bill continues to grow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... COVID-19 outbreak. King said Westpac is committed to mending the processes that allowed the alleged criminal money laundering at the heart of AUSTRAC proceedings to take place. "In addition to closing relevant products and recruiting an additional 200 ...