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With growing business appetite for innovative financial technology and on-demand finance in recent years, Fintechs have been embraced by businesses and consumers alike. Fintechs now have the opportunity to drive change, expand into other industries – and sometimes even scale up and expand into new markets. As we near business planning season and end of financial year, have you considered how R&D Incentives, tax considerations and a governance structure can support your sustainable growth?

Authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) and the broader banking sector have recently faced significant headwinds, as the sector navigates unprecedented change. How can you best navigate current challenges and leverage opportunities to find efficiencies as you step into the new financial year? Here, we outline eight key considerations you should address to ensure your business is set up for FY24.

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a rapidly growing cyber threat, across all Australian business sectors.

You may not know it, but your privacy related risk exposure changed overnight. Now more than ever, businesses cannot afford to be complacent about privacy compliance.

Customer expectations are quickly evolving. Unless your business can create a unique value proposition and strong connections with its customers, your relationship with your most important stakeholders is at risk. With demands for personalisation at its core, retailers are no longer encouraged but expected to build a connected consumer experience to support the customer journey and drive loyalty. How can retailers manage this demand for accessibility of products, information, and customer services via their platform of choice, as well as drive brand loyalty in a highly competitive marketplace?

Australia has commenced its implementation of Tranche 2 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF) reforms, presenting an opportunity to shape the scope and nature of obligations for your industry.

Biotechnology organisations often grapple with three key trends – where the next round of funding will come from, how to attract specialised talent to support vital innovation, and how to tackle manufacturing and scale up. They seek stability and certainty in funding to ensure projects are supported and reach their full potential. How can the upcoming Federal Budget announcement better support this sector?

CPS 230 requires regulated entities to consider service disruption from a different perspective. Working backwards through a scenario, entities must identify the harm that a disruption may cause to its customers or the broader financial system, then take active measures to prevent it (operational risk) and recover from it (operational resilience).

The Security of Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program Rules (CIRMP) commenced on 17 February 2023 and was signed off by The Minister for Home Affairs the Hon Clare O’Neil MP (the Minister). This marks the beginning of the six-month transition period for responsible entities to adopt a written CIRMP.

This article is the second in a series where we discuss the stages of a payroll remediation project.

Conversations with aged care providers at the close of 2022 identified four key themes that will take a front seat in Australia’s aged care sector in 2023 – the fundamentals of the sector (funding, regulation, governance), labour shortage and recruitment strategies, technology, and housing and aged care communities

Across New South Wales (NSW) there are 128 local councils, all with the important role of building community, maintaining infrastructure, and supporting future developments as well as providing a range of social services.