Regulation

Lender pays $19,800 over ‘no credit check loans’ claim
16:10

An online lender has paid a $19,800 infringement notice over an allegedly misleading “no credit check loans” claim on its website.

Banks release financial abuse safeguard guideline
21 September 2026

The banking industry association has released an updated guideline aimed at helping lenders detect, prevent, and respond to financial abuse.

5 more charged in multimillion-dollar loan fraud probe
10 September 2026

Further arrests have been made surrounding an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering syndicate under the NSW Police’s Strike Force Myddleton.

Bluestone signs AFIA Code of Practice
7 September 2026

Bluestone has signed the Australian Finance Industry Association’s Finance Industry Code of Practice.

AUSTRAC warns of scammers impersonating its staff
27 August 2026

Scammers are impersonating AUSTRAC staff to steal money and sensitive information, the agency has revealed.

‘Widow tax’ bill passes Parliament
21 August 2026

The tax reform bill that makes the asset write-off permanent and closes the ‘widow tax’ loophole has finally passed both houses, after months of debate.

The good, bad, and ugly of non-banks in open banking
20 August 2026

After the first month of non-banks having been in the open banking system, the first tranche of data reveals a telling picture.

Banking associations back ATO data sharing after AUSTRAC fraud probe
19 August 2026

Australia’s banking associations have renewed calls for ATO data to be made available through the Consumer Data Right, following AUSTRAC’s discovery of “potentially hundreds of millions” of ...

APRA acts over Bendigo’s ‘longstanding’ risk weaknesses
19 August 2026

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has imposed licence conditions on Bendigo and Adelaide Bank over “longstanding and pervasive weaknesses” in its non-financial risk management ...

Court backs Bendigo over brothel debanking decision
18 August 2026

A Victorian Supreme Court judgment has sided with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank over its decision to debank a legal brothel operator.