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Blockchain mining companies sued by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... contravention of sections 911A of the Corporations Act by providing financial services without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). ASIC is also seeking interim and final injunctions against the NGS companies to prevent them from providing ...

ASIC challenges court ruling in Finder Wallet crypto case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... capital. If Finder Earn was a debenture, Finder Wallet would've been required to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence to offer such a product. However, the court disagreed with ASIC's assertions and ruled in favour of Finder Wallet. ASIC lodged ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Heartland Group Holdings has announced it received indicative regulatory approvals from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) for Heartland Bank's acquisition of Challenger Bank. Heartland said ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... administration in January 2022. ASIC cancelled its licence on 5 April 2023. DASS comprises the glut of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's complaints as well as the newly launched Compensation Scheme of Last Resort. Separately, E&P chief ...

ASIC bans director who promised 150% returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... unlicensed. In addition, ASIC said he held out that Panacea Capital was authorised under an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) when this was not the case. ASIC found Creigh provided fact sheets to investors to induce them to invest in the Crypto ...

ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland has admitted the regulator can't fight every battle of misconduct, but that doesn't mean it's not watching. Speaking at the Blockchain APAC Policy Week event, Kirkland ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Queensland-based financial adviser Shane Rose. Rose has been banned from providing any financial services, performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial ...

Islamic Bank hands back licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... dollars for the first two years, for example. Its mission was to deliver financial services and products that align to Australian Muslims' faith and values. On its website, Islamic Bank - also known as Islamic Money - said the decision was the result ...

Melbourne advice firm joins Count

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... the accounting client book of May Klye & Associates, and divesting its 100% stake in subsidiary Bentleys WA to West Australian based firm Fortuna Perth for $1.1 million. In turn, it expects Fortuna's advisers to join Count's licensee business. It also ...

'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz bankrupt in ASIC crackdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... Scholz from operating fee-based online trading groups, sharing trading advice without an Australian Financial Services Licence, and carrying on any financial services business in Australia as per the Corporations Act. He was ordered to pay $456,296.64 ...
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