austrac
Westpac agrees to work faster to fix risk system failures
As regulators raise concerns about slow progress.
Dec 3 2020 11:36AM
Westpac to settle AUSTRAC transaction monitoring lawsuit for $1.3bn
Massive penalty $400m above existing provisions.
Sep 24 2020 8:47AM
Westpac hands AUSTRAC more transaction info
Says not all break money-laundering laws
Jul 28 2020 11:18AM
AUSTRAC may broaden Westpac lawsuit
Over alleged actions of a further 272 customers.
Jun 12 2020 9:18PM
Westpac review asks if bank's IT stack is 'best practice'
Releases advisory panel report into transaction reporting troubles.
Jun 4 2020 12:28PM
Westpac cops $1bn hit from dud legacy compliance systems
Warns investors of AUSTRAC scandal provisions ahead of half year results.
Apr 14 2020 12:55PM
CBA prepares to redraw tech battle lines for banks
Microsoft bromance comes to the fore.
Feb 10 2020 1:07PM
AUSTRAC revokes first crypto exchange licences
Three operators have registrations cancelled.
Dec 20 2019 7:10AM
ANZ reveals AML systems review, says it's clean
After shareholder questions.
Nov 27 2019 2:05PM
NAB calls for vulnerable hardware buy-back scheme
Alongside heath ratings for consumer IT goods, services.
Nov 27 2019 6:43AM
Westpac CEO, chairman, skewered over middleware failures
Tandem ritual sacrifice over monster regulatory tech fail.
Nov 26 2019 12:09PM
Westpac’s hopeless monitoring software festered for a decade
Hartzer delivers mother of all apologies, but sits tight.
Nov 21 2019 7:09AM
Westpac busted 23m times over epic money tracking system failure
AUSTRAC pounces on years of systemic dysfunction across $11bn.
Nov 20 2019 1:14PM
AUSTRAC searches for next IT chief
Tasked with future system design.
Oct 18 2019 12:47PM
PayPal Australia draws AUSTRAC scrutiny
Over international fund transfers.
Sep 24 2019 10:31AM
.jpg&h=183&w=300&c=1&s=1)
Cash counterfeiting now an online affair: Reserve Bank of Australia
Funny money distributed through dark e-commerce.
Sep 23 2019 12:58PM
Afterpay hit with anti-money laundering audit by AUSTRAC
"Reasonable grounds to suspect"...
Jun 13 2019 10:22AM
Monitoring fail allowed Westpac PayID look-up abuse
Compromised harvester accounts made 1900 pings a day.
Jun 4 2019 3:29PM
AUSTRAC suspends two crypto exchanges after arrest
Updated: Exchange providers named.
Mar 8 2019 1:05PM
CBA's ex-CIO David Whiteing lands on his feet
Makes international move.
Sep 10 2018 11:58AM
