Risk reports torpedo Bolt Group’s Federal Court bid to re-connect Bano to A2A

Warwick Ponder, Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Technology Reporter
21 Jul, 2026
An explosive judgement against Bano in Banking Circle’s favour is the clearest statement yet from an Australian court that a rails provider which genuinely assesses a client as an unacceptable AML/CTF risk won't be forced to keep giving it access to the financial system.
Risk reports torpedo Bolt Group’s Federal Court bid to re-connect Bano to A2A

An explosive judgement against Bano in Banking Circle’s favour is the clearest statement yet from an Australian court that a rails provider which genuinely assesses a client as an unacceptable AML/CTF risk won't be forced to keep giving it access to the financial system.

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