The settlement infrastructure that triggered the fake home loans scandal is AML-free

Senior Business Correspondent
1 Apr, 2026
Michael Sainsbury
Senior Business Correspondent
1 Apr, 2026
About 90,000 new entities including property settlement monopoly PEXA, brokers, accounts, lawyers will fall under AUSTRAC compliance from July - as PEXA eyes the New Payments Platform.
The settlement infrastructure that triggered the fake home loans scandal is AML-free

About 90,000 new entities including property settlement monopoly PEXA, brokers, accounts, lawyers will fall under AUSTRAC compliance from July - as PEXA eyes the New Payments Platform.

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