The consultation focuses on Big Tech firms’ entry and expansion into four retail sectors - payments, deposit taking, consumer credit and insurance.
October 28, 2022ASIC has identified behavioural levers that can influence consumer outcomes and situational vulnerabilities that can amplify poor outcomes.
June 28, 2022The consultation asks how fintech could help reduce financial advice costs and how to make advice more accessible, including through robo-advisers.
March 29, 2022The guidance emphasises the need for firms to maintain records of consumers giving consent to be sold financial products as a way to demonstrate compliance.
September 24, 2021New draft rules are aimed at strengthening safeguards to ensure the delivery of better outcomes for consumers of insurance/takaful products.
September 5, 2021Starting on 5 October, a four-day pause will be introduced between the sale of a principal product or service and the sale of add-on insurance.
August 2, 2021Blockchain Australia has asked for safe harbour to be provided to ensure regulatory action will not be taken against crypto businesses where the law is unclear.
July 30, 2021The updated guidance reflects the reforms which consolidate three existing hawking prohibitions into a ban covering all financial products.
July 23, 2021Financial advisers will have to provide clients an annual, forward-looking summary of fees and corresponding services, in addition to existing disclosures.
March 2, 2021ASIC’s Jane Eccleston says trustees of non-public offer funds need to apply for an AFS licence or vary their existing licences by 30 April 2021.
February 15, 2021