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ASIC slaps adviser with 10-year ban, strips AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... participate in financial services and applied the ban on 1 May 2025. ASIC has also cancelled the AFSL and Australian credit licence (ACL) of Freedom Wealth Services, effective from the same day. The ban will be lifted on 30 April 2035. Newbound had lodged ...

Block Earner found to have offered an unlicensed financial product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... ASIC said. Block Earner does not have an AFSL but is an AUSTRAC-registered provider and was granted an Australian credit licence by ASIC last month. Commenting, ASIC chair Sarah Court welcomed the decision to clarify when an offering is deemed as financial ...

AFCA urges adviser clarity on SMSF wholesale investor test

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... of 10 June, BNPL products are regulated under the National Credit Act and BNPL providers must hold an Australian Credit Licence. AFCA membership is mandatory for any holder of an Australian Credit Licence. BNPL products are regulated under the National ...

My Dealer Services appoints head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... advisers' problems." My Dealer Services provides support for businesses and individuals to set up their Australian credit licence (ACL) and Australian financial service licence (AFSL). It currently provides around 100 subscribed ASFL clients with ...

Crypto lender sentenced for false licence

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... Helio Lending (Helio) has been sentenced to a non-conviction bond for falsely claiming that it held an Australian credit licence (ACL) when it did not. In 2019, Helio falsely represented on its website that it held an ACL. At the time, Helio was neither ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... credit products," said Jones. He explained that under the plan BNPL providers will be required to hold an Australian credit licence, comply with responsible lending obligations and meet statutory dispute resolution and hardship requirements. Further ...

ASIC confirms advisers can offer home equity access guidance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... Act," ASIC stated. "We consider that financial advisers can advise on the Scheme without requiring an Australian Credit Licence (ACL), notwithstanding their functional equivalence to reverse mortgages that are regulated under the National Credit Act." ...

New rules on the way for BNPL sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... under the Credit Act in line with credit cards and other credit products. Providers would require an Australian Credit Licence, consumers would have to be able to set their own spending limits, fee caps would be included, and an "unsuitability test" ...

ASIC bans Sterling & Freeman director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... December 2016 and 2017. The loans were submitted through his finance broking company, which held an Australian credit licence. "ASIC's investigation found Saman was not of good fame and character and was not a fit and proper person to engage in credit ...

Cryptocurrency lender Helio charged for false credit licence claims

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... Melbourne-based cryptocurrency lender Helio Lending has been charged with falsely claiming that it held an Australian credit licence (ACL) when it did not. Helio Lending offered cryptocurrency-backed loans to consumers, using the digital currency as ...
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