22 December 2021
While we’re all looking forward to relaxing during the holiday break, we know scammers do not rest and they’re becoming more sophisticated every day.
Many of us ar…
The Financial Year 20/21 has certainly been a challenging year for us all. Through this crisis-dominated year, AFIA played a vital role in supporting members and our industry.
The AFIA FY21 An…
Today, AFIA and its Insurance Premium Funding (IPF) Working Group members (BOQ Finance, Clearmatch, Elantis, Hunter Premium Funding, IQumulate, and Westpac), along with a number of IPF industr…
9 July 2021
AFIA members are an important part of the financial services industry, providing consumer products, specialised lending products, and commercial loans to households and businesse…
12 May 2021
Australia is at an inflection point in its economic recovery. We now have an opportunity to take the current economic momentum and embed a path that will accelerate productivity an…
1 March 2021
The Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased to announce that its Code of Practice for the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) sector has come into effect today.
AFIA’…
10 February 2021
Social media went into a frenzy this week – is Tom Brady the greatest athlete of all time? Names like Roger Federer, Michael Jordan, and Donald Bradman have been thrown…
20 January 2021
2020 was the year of the rat. Apparently, according to the Chinese Zodiac, it was a year to turn unlucky events into fortune. We've just entered the year of the ox, when appare…
16 November 2020
The Australian Financial Industry Association (AFIA) has today commenced consultation on a Code of Practice for Insurance Premium Funders (IPF Code).
The IPF Code is a continu…
11 November 2020
The Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA) has appointed Dr Michael Schaper to chair the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Code Compliance Committee. AFIA has also confirmed th…
What a year it’s been! The year of disruption, the year of adapting, changing and rapidly responding to the unknown, the year of resilience. Although we are not yet at the end of the glo…
9 October 2020
This week the Federal Government unveiled the 2020 Federal Budget, with a strong narrative on getting Australian’s back to work and getting 2020-Federal-Budget-CEO-Update-…
6 October 2020
AFIA welcomes the 2020 Federal Budget announced by the Federal Government tonight.
AFIA represents over 100 providers of consumer, commercial and wholesale finance in Australia…
1 October 2020
Ahead of the 2020 Federal Budget, today the Prime Minister, Hon Scott Morrison MP, commenced his pre-budget address at the National Press Club by positing that the upcoming Fede…
25 September 2020
Today Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, the Treasurer, announced changes to the credit framework to make it easier for consumers and small businesses to access credit, reduce red t…
24 September 2020
Ahead of the 2020 Federal Budget, today Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, the Treasurer, has made several important announcements.
A new two-stage fiscal strategy that emphasises jobs…
18 May 2020
AFIA has welcomed the comprehensive feedback it has received during the public consultation for the new Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Code of Practice. AFIA represents over 100 reta…
22 March 2020
Finance industry welcomes additional Government support for SMEs through the COVID-19 crisis
AFIA, the Australian Finance Industry Association, representing over 100 providers…
9 March 2020
AFIA, the Australian Finance Industry Association, representing over 100 providers of consumer, commercial and wholesale finance, has welcomed today’s announcement by the Fe…
19 December 2019
AFIA, the leading industry voice of a diverse Australian finance sector with membership of over 100 financiers, announced today the rapidly growing Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)…
2 December 2019
Building off a series of political roadshows and events that have occurred over the last 12 months, AFIA returned to Canberra to continue the dialogue around ensuring Parliam…
2 October 2019
AFIA announced today that it has appointed a new CEO, Diane Tate.
With a strong background in financial services and regulatory affairs, Ms Tate’s leadership roles most…
21 November 2019
Two days after commencing her new role as CEO of the Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA), Diane Tate in a speech to AFIA’s annual conference, has called on…
