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The Register

What ASIC's registers record, and how to read them.

The Register

100,000 Businesses Must Watch Your Money

For twenty years the anti-money laundering regime covered about 17,000 businesses: banks, casinos, remitters, bullion dealers. From 1 July 2026 it covers lawyers, conveyancers, accountants, real estate agents, developers, trust and company service providers, dealers in precious metals and crypto exchanges as well. That is roughly 100,000 businesses, most of them small, and the enrolment deadline has already passed.

By T. Nguyen · 11 September 2026 · 5 min read

Crime

Underground Banks

In February 2023 the Australian Federal Police arrested nine people and restrained more than twenty Sydney properties over what they called an unregulated multinational bank. The police set out the mechanism themselves. Every entity in it was an ordinary registered company.

By B. O'Connell · 6 September 2026 · 4 min read

The Register

How to read an ASIC personal name extract

Every company a person has ever held office in, with the dates. What the document shows, what it leaves out, and how to order one.

By NOFUF · 29 August 2026 · 2 min read