July 20, 2026, 4:30 a.m.

Asia

  • views:1523

Australian regulator accepts PayPal unit's undertaking for money laundering laws

image

(Reuters) - Australia's financial crime regulator said on Friday it accepted an enforceable undertaking from payments giant PayPal Holdings' local unit to ensure its compliance with the country's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.

In 2019, AUSTRAC, which is tasked with ensuring compliance with the laws, had ordered PayPal Australia Pty Ltd to appoint an external auditor to look at fund transfers after the regulator identified concerns with its reporting obligations.

"PayPal Australia self-identified a reporting obligation issue to AUSTRAC. We have fully co-operated with AUSTRAC throughout their investigation..." a PayPal Australia spokesperson said.

AUSTRAC said in a statement that PayPal has already undertaken significant work, including an independent audit, to ensure its compliance with the anti-money laundering obligations.

Recommend

Apple sues OpenAI, causing a comprehensive impact on the global technology industry

Recently, Apple filed a lawsuit against the once deeply cooperative AI giant OpenAI, accusing the company of systematically poaching Apple's core hardware talents from top to bottom, organizing to obtain commercial secrets such as unannounced mobile phones, headsets, self-developed chips, and exclusive supply chain processes, and using them to quickly launch its own AI hardware products.

Latest