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| Aug 11, 2026 | Crypto ATMs Extracted $389M From Elderly Victims in 2025 as AUSTRAC, US States Crack Down | By Clayton Lewis
Published: Aug 11 2026, 10:08 AM EDT
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| Jul 23, 2026 | Revolut Bank Australia Launches: Government-Insured Deposits and Savings Rates Above 5% | By Earl Bensen
Published: Jul 23 2026, 8:09 AM EDT
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| Feb 4, 2026 | LemFi secures AUSTRAC approval to launch in Australia | |
| Jun 26, 2025 | The Evolving Landscape of Financial Compliance and Fintech Innovation | In the world of finance, change is the only constant. The recent moves by Grant Thornton and Pine Labs illustrate this truth vividly. Both firms are navigating the turbulent waters of compliance and innovation, each in their unique way. Gra... |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Grant Thornton adds to AML capabilities through pair of senior recruits | Grant Thornton has been building up its AML/CTF capabilities in recent months with the arrival of Martin Stone and Annelies Homersham.
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws and frameworks are among the most co... |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Australian regulator moves to curtail criminal use of cryptocurrency | Australia's agency for monitoring financial crimes said on Friday it had established an internal cryptocurrency task force to identify and take action against crypto ATM providers that do not comply with the country's anti-money laundering ... |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Unmasking Money Laundering: The Data-Driven Fight in Australia | Money laundering is a chameleon. It blends into the background, masquerading as legitimate business. In Australia, this insidious crime has evolved, exploiting the very structures designed to uphold financial integrity. The recent national ... |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Busting money laundering in Australia is dependent on making better data connections | Two key interrelated themes emerged in AUSTRAC's recent national risk assessment for money laundering in Australia: the persistence of actors engaging in activity and their exploitation of legitimate structures and financial channels to car... |
| Aug 12, 2024 | KordaMentha celebrates record number of new partners | Profile KordaMentha
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As it leans into the new financial year, restructuring and business advisory firm KordaMentha has celebrated twenty recent partnership promotions across its Australian and international offices.
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| Aug 5, 2024 | Is Australia’s Public Sector Ready for a Major Cyber Security Incident? | Recent investigations into the cyber security preparedness of Australian Federal Government agencies have found gaps in the public sector’s readiness for cyber security attacks or major data breaches, contributing to a focus in 2024 on impr... |
| May 30, 2024 | Sportsbet pledges to comply with Australia's anti-money laundering laws | :Online betting company Sportsbet pledged to manage the risks associated with money laundering and terrorism financing in an undertaking given to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), the financial crimes regulat... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Best Under 1 Hour Withdrawal Casinos in 2024 | Withdrawal speeds are important to most casino players. Although many casino sites take 24-48 hours to approve payouts, some process withdrawals in minutes.
This guide reveals the best under 1 hour withdrawal casinos for 2024. In addition t... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Best Under 1 Hour Withdrawal Casinos in 2024 | Withdrawal speeds are important to most casino players. Although many casino sites take 24-48 hours to approve payouts, some process withdrawals in minutes.
This guide reveals the best under 1 hour withdrawal casinos for 2024. In addition t... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Why did Optus keep the identity data of millions for six years? | Source: Bianca De Marchi / AAP Image
Among the many questions raised by the Optus data leak — cybersecurity experts are confident it wasn’t a hack, but that may have to be decided by a court — is why the company was storing so much personal... |
| May 31, 2022 | ANZ and Westpac face discrimination complaints for ‘debanking’ small businesses | Source: Private Media.
A lesser-known agenda item for the incoming Labor government is the vexed issue of debanking — whereby the banks use sometimes dubious justification to deny financial facilities to sole traders and small businesses.
T... |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Crypto Theft Is On The Rise. Here’s How The Crimes Are Committed, And How You Can Protect Yourself | crypto. Shutterstock |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Crypto Theft Is On The Rise. Here’s How The Crimes Are Committed, And How You Can Protect Yourself | crypto. Shutterstock
News emerged overnight of the potential theft of more than US$326 million (A$457.7 million) of Ethereum tokens from a blockchain bridge (which connects two blockchains so cryptocurrency can be exchanged between them).
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| Jun 9, 2021 | PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Blockchain Bites: AUSTRAC guidance for digital currency exchanges; Paypal permits digital currency withdrawals; Game stops NFT team; NFTs: An overview | Michael Bacina,
Alexa Bowditch and
Jade McGlynn of the Piper Alderman Blockchain Group bring you the latest legal, regulatory and project updates in Blockchain and Digital Law.
AUSTRAC updates and guidance for Digital Currency Exchanges
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| Jun 7, 2021 | Financial Crimes Agency Investigates National Australia Bank
Financial Crimes Agency Investigates National Australia Bank | (Bloomberg) -- National Australia Bank Ltd. is being investigated by the government agency responsible for financial crime for what it said were serious concerns over the lender’s compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism ... |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Weekly Wrap #24: APIs Eat The World, Startup Babies and An ASX Pop | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| Sep 25, 2020 | Why Westpac has been fined $1.3 billion, and how banks are facilitating international crime | Source: Marlon Trottmann/Shutterstock.
Westpac is to pay $1.3 billion, by far Australia’s biggest-ever corporate fine, for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act.
The 93-page statement of agreed facts and ... |
| May 7, 2020 | How ANZ, Fintel Alliance sniffed out early super access fraud scheme | The emergence of the first fraud case linked to the early release of superannuation has underscored the need for vigilance against similar schemes targeting COVID-related government assistance programs.
That vigilance was on display in an i... |
| Jun 15, 2018 | So you want to run an initial coin offering in Australia? Here’s everything you need to know | There has been increasing interest in initial coin offering/token sale/token generation events (ICO) in Australia this year. Below we set out 5 key areas and recent developments you should be aware of if you are considering running an ICO/t... |
| Jun 8, 2018 | The new rules for digital exchanges, ICOs and crypto: ASIC, AUSTRAC and the ATO | In a packed out information session this week held at the Perth Town Hall, ASIC, AUSTRAC and ATO laid down the law on ICOs and crypto…
The Perth Fintech meetup shifted to the larger venue of Perth Town Hall to hold a community information s... |
| Apr 4, 2018 | Australia gets tough on digital currency exchange providers | “There will be criminal offence and civil penalty consequences if you provide DCE services without being registered.”
The Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has now ordered digital currency exchange (DCE) provid... |
| Feb 23, 2018 | CBA denies extra allegations in ATM fraud case | The Commonwealth Bank has largely denied 100 extra allegations made against it in an anti money laundering lawsuit brought by AUSTRAC last year.
The financial regulator filed a civil suit in August last year against the bank, alleging “over... |
| Jan 31, 2018 | What the Coincheck hack tells us about how Australian regulators will handle a cryptocurrency hack | By Philippa Ryan, University of Technology Sydney
New risk rules for cryptocurrency exchanges will be put to the test with the latest hack on Japanese exchange Coincheck. Hackers stole $US660 million worth of NEM (its native cryptocurrency)... |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Aussie Bitcoin exchanges now need to register with the govt | Operators of Australian exchanges for Bitcoin and other digital currencies will now need to register with the country's anti-money laundering agency after new legislation passed through parliament.
AUSTRAC has been given the authority to mo... |
| Aug 7, 2017 | Allegations against the CBA show the need for a Royal Commission into the banks | By Thomas Clarke, University of Technology Sydney
The Commonwealth Bank is facing another scandal as the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) launches civil proceedings accusing the bank of being complicit in money ... |
| Aug 3, 2017 | CBA accused of aiding fraud with intelligent deposit machines | The Commonwealth Bank has been accused of deploying a fleet of intelligent deposit machines without effective fraud controls, enabling $77 million of suspicious transactions to be made using the machines over a three year period.
Financial ... |
| May 30, 2016 | The real reason more women don’t code | By Karin Verspoor
I menstruate, and I code. I share this perhaps shocking personal information in the interest of full disclosure, and in solidarity with a new satirical campaign from Girls Who Code.
The campaign proposes a simple explanati... |
| Aug 27, 2014 | Australian Government Portal Publishes Bitcoin Business Guidelines | The Australian government's online business information portal has published a 'Bitcoin for business' page to advise operators of their tax and other regulatory obligations.
As well as a basic explanation of what bitcoin is and how it works... |
| Jul 22, 2014 | The Real Reason Banks Don't Like Bitcoin | Banks are reluctant to work with bitcoin, that fact has been well known in the community for some time. Until now, though, few concrete reasons have been given as to why.
New statements from a senior banking practitioner in Australia workin... |
| Feb 24, 2014 | Australian Government Tracks All Bitcoin to AUD Conversions | The Australian government is keeping a close eye on bitcoin, but not on the regulatory front. Rather, it is tracking every conversion from bitcoin into Australian dollars, and vice-versa.
The government agency doing the snooping is the Aust... |
| Sep 26, 2013 | Australia gets new bitcoin exchange BTC Markets | In Australia, things might be looking up for the bitcoin community. A group of local bitcoiners is working to form a local chapter of the Bitcoin Foundation, and there is a new trading platform for the community.
Around two weeks ago, a new... |
| It’s Official: India Govt Committee Recommends Ban On Cryptocurrency | As many cryptocurrency startups and enthusiasts feared, the Indian government’s inter-ministerial committee (IMC) has submitted its report on the use of virtual currencies in India, which recommends a ban on cryptocurrencies.
The report was... |
| Cryptocurrency This Week: RBI Bans Banks From Dealing With Bitcoin Exchanges And More | Preparing for the Bitcoin armageddon in the country, the RBI has just stepped up its patrolling, banning banks from dealing with any cryptocurrency related entities. “It’s not exactly a fight between the RBI and Bitcoin community. What the ... |
| The Real Reason For the PayPal & eBay Split | Westley Stringfellow
Westley is the Chief Product Officer at Bigcommerce.
The shareholder value Carl Ichan, John Donahoe and eBay’s Board aspire to create is a consequence of the customer experiences each company can manifest autonomously, ... |
| Cryptocurrency This Week: Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinsecure Reports Bitcoin Theft Of Worth $3.5 Mn, And More | As the RBI bans Indian banks from servicing Bitcoin exchanges, Australia introduces a new law to operate such cryptocurrency exchanges legally. While Indian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure marks India’s largest Bitcoin theft ever, Bithum... |
| Australian banks continue to deny small businesses an explanation for debanking | Independent reviewer Mike Callaghan(AAP Image/Paul Miller).
Arbitrary debanking of sole traders and small businesses by financial institutions is a longstanding problem.
Now Australia’s banks have doubled down on the reasons they believe th... |
| Afterpay cleared in Australian AML audit | Payments firm Afterpay can move on with its life as it has been cleared by the Australian regulator over compliance issues with anti-money laundering (AML) rules.
It was back in June 2019 when Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Cen... |
| What’s In The Leaked Draft Cryptocurrency Regulations Bill 2019 | Spread over eight chapters, six parts and 27 clauses, the draft called Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2019 leaked this week thanks to blockchain lawyer Varun Sethi. And yes, as reported earlier,... |
| Dirty money continues to be a huge problem in Australia. Here’s the solution | Source: joshua hoehne/unsplash.
Australia’s financial crime laws are unfit for purpose. The problem: there are many professionals currently facilitating money laundering within the country who are exempt from the laws and regulations set up... |
