Fintech, payments and digital assets policy and regulation in Australia
Policy and regulation for payment providers, fintechs, buy now pay later lenders, and crypto exchanges and digital asset platforms. Below are the official items from the last 14 days that we rated high or medium for Fintech, payments and digital assets, each linked to its official source.
What we match to Fintech, payments and digital assets
We rate each item for Fintech, payments and digital assets. Items on these subjects, among others, are matched to this sector:
- Financial services, payments and scams
- Digital assets and crypto
- Banking, superannuation and wealth
- Data, privacy and cyber
- Consumer law and product safety
- Competition and mergers
Official items from the last 14 days
As at 2:50 am on 21 Oct 2026 (Sydney time), 6 official items from the last 14 days are rated high or medium for Fintech, payments and digital assets.
Crypto asset tax transparency - draft legislation (opens the official source in a new tab)
(c) Commonwealth of Australia. Source: treasury.gov.au, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Australian Communications and Media Authority (Scams Prevention Framework – Telecommunications Code) Direction 2026 (opens the official source in a new tab)
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 12 October 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au.
Tackling fraud and financial abuse (opens the official source in a new tab)
(c) Commonwealth of Australia. Source: treasury.gov.au, licensed under CC BY 4.0