ASIC has updated Information Sheet 294 FAQs: AFS licence applications (INFO 294) to include a new requirement for AFS licensees to submit and maintain their official website URL so it is published on ASIC registers.
AFS licensee website addresses will be published on the ASIC Professional Registers Search from June 2026.
Listing website addresses will enable consumers and businesses to check that they are dealing with genuine AFS licensee websites and combat impersonation scams where criminals copy the name and licence details of AFS licensees to create fake websites.
ASIC has begun to collect AFS licensee website addresses for all existing AFS licensees via the Regulatory Portal on a voluntary basis.
If an AFS licensee provides ASIC with its website addresses (or confirms that it does not operate a website) then they must keep those details up to date. For example, an AFS licensee must inform ASIC, in relation to the websites used to carry on its financial services business, when it starts operating a website, stops using a website address it previously listed, or changes its principal website address.
ASIC has also updated the following information sheets to clarify the scope of permitted activities, advice conduct and disclosure obligations, and ongoing financial and reporting requirements:
* INFO 227 What can limited AFS licensees do?
* INFO 228 Limited AFS licensees: Advice conduct and disclosure obligations
* INFO 229 Limited AFS licensees: Complying with your licensing obligations
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