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Hong Kong and Australia seal agreement on fintech cooperation
June 13th, 2017
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (‘the SFC’) and ASIC today signed an Agreement on fintech cooperation which provides a framework for cooperation to support and understand financial innovation in each economy. This Cooperation Agreement builds on the ...
Citigroup Global Markets Australia pays $50,000 in infringement notice penalty
June 9th, 2017
Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd (‘Citigroup’) has paid a penalty of $50,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (‘MDP’). The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that Citigroup had contravened ...
Australian banks to deliver enhanced cross-border payments experience to their customers
June 7th, 2017
SWIFT announces today that the 4 major Australian banks, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Westpac are part of over 70 banks around the globe which are now live or planning to implement ...
ASIC cancels Gallop International’s Australian financial services licence
May 29th, 2017
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial service licence (AFS) licence of Gallop International Group Pty Ltd, formerly known as Weather Pro Exchange Pty Ltd (ACN 147 664 551) (Gallop). The cancellation of the AFS licence is effective from 24 May 2017. ...
Australia will recognize Bitcoin as money and protect Bitcoin businesses, No Taxes
May 12th, 2017
Bitcoin will be treated as money in Australia by July 1, 2017, and will be exempt from goods and services tax (GST). Bitcoin traders and investors will not be taxed for purchasing and selling Bitcoin through regulated exchanges and ...
Accountants in Australia lead global counterparts in “new era” for accounting practices
May 3rd, 2017
Accountants in Australia, and their global counterparts, are changing their attitudes towards automation in the profession as the benefits become clearer, signalling a “new era” for accounting practices, according to a newly released study. The global study of 700 ...
Reserve Bank of Australia keeps the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent
May 2nd, 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia has published today a statement by Philip Lowe, Governor, to inform about its monetary policy decision. According the press release, at its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at ...
Law firm in Australia launches patented legal technology
April 21st, 2017
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has received a patent from IP Australia for a new optical character recognition (OCR) analysis technology. The technology identifies documents with low quality searchable text and will be used as part ...
Australia’s Law to End Double Taxation of Bitcoin Stalled
April 8th, 2017
Last year, Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison promised to swiftly act on changing the goods and services tax (GST) law, in order to end the double taxation of bitcoin and other digital currencies. However, over fourteen months have passed without ...
Apple taken to court by Australia
April 7th, 2017
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Apple Pty Limited and its US-based parent company, Apple Inc., (together, Apple) alleging that Apple made false, misleading, or deceptive representations about consumers’ rights under ...
