Webinar

Join us for an exclusive webinar with leading experts from Allens as they unpack the latest developments in AUSTRAC enforcement activity and provide practical guidance on what to expect if AUSTRAC comes knocking.

Webinar

Missed the chance to ask your questions during our recent Economic Update with Warren Hogan? Join us for this follow-up Q&A session where Warren will return to answer your questions and expand on key themes from the original webinar.

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Join us for an in-depth industry conversation with our guest speaker, Richard Lovell, Executive Director, Debt Markets from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) exploring the evolving landscape of clean energy finance and the opportunities available for greater public-private partnerships.

On-demand webinar

Join us for a critical industry update with experts from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Scamwatch, Australia’s national platform for scam reporting and awareness.

You can watch the webinar here.

On-demand webinar

This exclusive webinar features an expert speaker from the Australian Signals Directorate, Australia's leading authority on national cybersecurity, to explore cybersecurity trends and statistics impacting Australian organisations, as well as threat predictions for 2025 and beyond.

You can watch the webinar here.

To explore the evolving impact of GenAI in Australia and unlock the untapped opportunities for financial firms in 2025, AFIA in partnership with Associate Member King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), is hosting an exclusive drinks briefing: GenAI in Action - Where Are the Opportunities?

Attendees will hear from:

• KWM and Sapere as they discuss the key findings from AFIA’s newly released report: The Impact of AI in the Finance Industry, exploring the competitive advantage that awaits those yet to adopt Gen AI not just as a tool, but as a core strategic asset. 

• Will Liang, a leading expert in data and AI, who will deliver a highly engaging session that will go beyond buzzwords - unpacking insights on the practical AI tools driving tangible results across the industry.

Face to Face Event

The CRO Forum is an invite-only event, designed to bring together AFIA’s cohort of senior risk executives to gather views and thoughts on the latest industry issues, trends and emerging risks, and explore forward-looking risk strategies.

The CRO Forum series is held in partnership with Risk Advisory Partner and Associate Member, Ashurst. As an international leader in cyber risk, data breach and crisis management support, Ashurst will offer insights into emerging risk issues and how financial institutions can protect themselves.

Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Warren Hogan, Managing Director of EQ Economics and Economic Advisor at Judo Bank, as he provides a comprehensive analysis of Australia’s economic outlook in the context of both domestic and international factors.

With his expertise in economic, market, and industry analysis and forecasting, Warren will break down the key trends shaping the Australian economy and discuss the implications for Australian lenders.

This webinar will explore Equifax's Q1 2025 Commercial Credit Insights report and the significant enhancements to their Commercial Risk scoring models.

Learn about key trends in credit demand, quality, insolvency, and defaults, plus how the enhanced Commercial Scores can boost your risk assessment with:

• 10% uplift in risk-ranking capability (GINI coefficient at portfolio level).

• 30% increased score coverage for loan applications.

• New "Pre-Phoenix Flag" for early risk detection.

• Enhanced firmographic data for deeper business insights.

To provide members with an exclusive deep dive into the impact of adoption of GenAI in financial services, Associate Member, King & Wood Mallesons is hosting a webinar on the impact of GenAI on the Australian finance industry.

As subject-matter experts in AI compliance, legislation and law, King & Wood Mallesons’s speakers will offer insights into emerging opportunities and risk issues associated with GenAI and how financial institutions can protect themselves.

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ASIC is currently conducting a review into the motor vehicle finance sector with the aim to drive better consumer outcomes, particularly for those living in regional and remote locations, including First Nations communities.

In the UK, the Supreme Court recently concluded its hearing on motor finance commissions, and consumer outcomes are being addressed by the Financial Conduct Authority's enforcement of the Consumer Duty and the UK Competition and Markets Authority's new direct consumer enforcement powers.

Throughout this session, Ashurst's legal and regulatory specialists in Australia and the UK will cover ASIC's approach, share lessons from the UK, including predictions for the UK Supreme Court's pending judgment, and provide insights on other current developments in the UK market and how these might influence the Australian regulatory landscape.

OnDemand Webinar

Tune in to this OnDemand webinar for targeted insights into the money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing risks facing financial services firms in 2025. This knowledge is crucial to ensure you have the appropriate systems and controls in place to protect your business and customers. 

Tune into this webinar to hear CreditorWatch CEO, Patrick Coghaln provide valuable insight on CreditorWatch’s latest Business Risk Index results and what it means for the industry.

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Face to Face Event

Beyond Roads: The Future of Mobility Summit is a pivotal platform for Australia’s leading executives, subject-matter experts and decision-makers in the car rental, motor finance and leasing sectors to come together to redefine the future of mobility.

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CEO Lunch

The AFIA Non-Bank Lenders Lunch brings together over 20 influential executives across the Australian non-bank lender sector to connect, explore new thinking, share learnings and experiences, and discuss industry-level strategy going forward.

Webinar

The first 2025 instalment of the AFCA webinar series: Working with Industry and Consumers will give members a chance to hear directly from the complaints authority to understand recent developments, trends, and challenges facing financial services in 2025.

Invite-only event

The CRO Forum is designed to bring together our cohort of senior risk executives to gather views and thoughts on the latest industry issues, trends and emerging risks, and discuss how, as an industry, we can shape compliance agendas and identify areas of challenge.

Webinar

Tune in to hear ASIC's Senior Executive Leader - Credit, Banking and General Insurance, Nathan Bourne and AFIA Executive Director of Policy & Public Affairs, Roza Lozusic explore the evolving landscape of regulatory compliance and strategic response.

On 5 December 2025, ASIC released the findings from its review of the Reportable Situations Regime. The publication provides high-level insights into breach reporting trends in reports lodged by financial services and credit licensees from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. 

OnDemand to be released on 12 February 2025

From 1 January 2025, many financial institutions will need to prepare annual statutory sustainability reports containing climate-related financial disclosures.

On 7 November 2024, ASIC released a draft regulatory guide on the sustainability reporting regime - Draft RG 000.

OnDemand

Tune in to this webinar to hear SEC Newgate deliver an in-depth political briefing ahead of the federal election.

Offering a comprehensive analysis of the political landscape informed by their latest Mood of the Nation Report - SEC Newgate will provide valuable insights into the key challenges facing Australia, including cost of living, housing, energy, and the broader economic outlook.

Webinar

Ashurst's market-leading legal and regulatory experts return in 2025 to deliver a four-part series and help members better understand emerging issues in the regulatory landscape, how regulators like the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) respond and what members can expect as a result. The series will explore the regulatory toolkit in the current environment, including enforcement and supervision, and delve into key regulatory priorities in the financial services industry, like governance and accountability, financial hardship and scams management.

Register to get a glimpse into the regulatory mindset and understand topical issues to best prepare and position your business in a changing context.