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Stablecoin to reshape financial services workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... that could change once it catches up with the global stablecoin market worth US$320 billion. Last month, ASIC chair Joe Longo told the Tech Council of Australia that the regulator is beefing up its regulatory sandbox framework to help start-ups and emerging ...

CALI seeks life insurers exemption from lead generation ban

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... lead generators that are problematic, being the advertising to attract consumers and cold calling. Former ASIC chair Joe Longo has said the most effective way to tackle unscrupulous actors in lead generation activity would be to stop it at the source ...

ASIC cannot afford to stand still: Longo

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Outgoing ASIC chair Joe Longo has used his final appearance before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services to defend the regulator's enforcement record while warning that funding constraints and rapid technological change ...

ASIC flags stronger fintech collaboration

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
ASIC chair Joe Longo has signalled a more collaborative and innovation focused regulatory approach as artificial intelligence (AI), tokenisation and digital assets rapidly transform Australia's financial service sector. Speaking at the Tech Council ...

ASIC backs Australia's fintech edge as AI reshapes financial services

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... integrated into functions including credit underwriting, claims processing, portfolio management and disclosure. ASIC chair Joe Longo said Australia's financial system had a long history of innovation and remained globally competitive in areas such as ...

ASIC furthers simplification with regulatory roadmaps

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... thank everyone who has contributed their insights, ideas, and time to improve our simplification agenda," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "Together, we can create a regulatory framework that supports compliance, fosters innovation and strengthens trust in ...

Lead generation a 'conveyor belt of harm': Longo

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
Departing ASIC chair Joe Longo said the most effective way to tackle unscrupulous actors in lead generation activity would be to stop it at the source and ban all unlicensed communications. Speaking at the Financial Counselling Australia conference ...

ASX is 'compromised' and 'lacks aspiration': Final report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... June 2025 of commissioning the Inquiry into ASX after years of persistent issues and operational failings. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the ASX Inquiry's Final Report reinforced the strategic package of reforms ASIC announced in December was the urgent ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... approximately $13.1 million in compensation paid to the affected clients, which ASIC oversaw in 2023. Commenting, ASIC chair Joe Longo said Binance failed to impose basic compliance measures, leading to the outcome. "Binance's shortcomings left more ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... follow up on the research of each of these underlying investments. It can't be a one and done." Outgoing ASIC chair Joe Longo has admitted that failures hit the wealth management ecosystem far and wide and reached an "industrial scale" that implicated ...
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