Year published
User charge estimates
27 February 2023
To ensure members have the information they need to forecast and budget for AFCA fees and charges in FY24, AFCA will produce user charge estimates for applicable members (those who received six or more complaints in the financial year).
Updates to the AFCA Datacube – validation reminder
27 February 2023
AFCA will soon be updating the AFCA Datacube to include data about complaints received from 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022.
New member factsheet: general insurance complaints about flood claim decisions
27 February 2023
AFCA has published a new factsheet for general insurers about flood claim decisions.
Complaints update January 2023
27 February 2023
AFCA received 7,457 complaints in January 2023, an increase of 35% compared to January 2022. In the first month of 2023, AFCA closed 7,279 complaints. More than 60% of complaints were resolved at Registration and Referral, while 5% were closed at Rules, 28% at Case Management and 4% at Decision.
AFCA updates Approach to superannuation fees and charges
23 February 2023
AFCA has updated its Approach to superannuation fees and charges – making a number of changes to address ‘grandfathered’ commission arrangements and updating its case studies.
New EDR response guides: transaction complaints
21 February 2023
AFCA has published three new External Dispute Resolution (EDR) response guides to assist members in preparing quality EDR responses for scams (authorised transactions), chargebacks and disputed transactions.
Updates to the AFCA website copyright notice
21 February 2023
AFCA has updated its copyright notice to include further details about when an entity may reproduce or publish a de-identified determination published on the AFCA website.
AFCA welcomes additional measures to thwart spoofing scams
15 February 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has welcomed the announcement from a major bank that it is working with telco providers to reduce spoofing scams.
AFCA welcomes new scams initiatives
02 February 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has welcomed the announcement of new banking initiatives that seek to address the scourge of scams.
Updating your contact information in the Member Portal
30 January 2023
Over the coming months, AFCA will be contacting members by email to share information about the FY24 membership renewal payments process. To ensure members receive this important information, AFCA is asking members to update their contact information (including email) in the Member Portal.
