On Tuesday, 6 October 2020, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2020-21 Federal Budget, his second Budget.
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PayPal battens down hatches, as AUSTRAC lines up next targets
International payments titan PayPal Holdings is ramping up its compliance remediation work as the Australian anti-money laundering regulator considers its next major enforcement targets.
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Westpac agrees to $1.3bn penalty for AML/CTF breaches
Westpac and AUSTRAC have agreed to a $1.3bn penalty for over 23 million alleged breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act). The proposed penalty and…
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FinCEN leaks expose personal risk of AML/CTF compliance enforcement
An unprecedented leak of thousands of files from the U.S. government’s most confidential financial intelligence database has shone a spotlight on the world’s $2 trillion-a-year dirty money habit.
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Benefits of automation for statutory reporting: How are you preparing your cashflow statements?
When the next draft of financial statements is due, how quickly can you update your cashflow statements?
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IMPACT ANALYSIS: Risk and Compliance under a Digital Transformation
What does digital transformation mean? Digital transformations within an organisation usually starts with an ambitious vision, and many issues in risk and compliance need to be considered to make the…
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GST SARs: ATO’s new GST Governance, Data Testing and Transaction Testing Guide
On 15 July 2020, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) published the GST Governance, Data Testing and Transaction Testing Guide.
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Cost of Compliance Report 2020
For 11 years our Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence Cost of Compliance Report has given an unparalleled insight into the challenges facing risk and compliance officers in financial services firms around the world.
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And the winner is … making trade information work for your business
In a recent global survey on COVID-19’s impact on trade to identify the challenges currently facing the government and private sectors in moving goods, the results signalled a gulf between access to trade-related information and the implementation of that information.
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On-Demand Webinar | Unlocking the Chain Ep 1 – Gain a Competitive Edge with FTAs
Return to Better Supply Chains Collapsing trade flows and uncertain prospects for the near term have left firms grappling with finding a competitive edge. With so many potential factors affecting the stability of…
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