
Banks extend loan deferral for virus-hit businesses
Australian banks will extend the six-month deferral of loans to 30,000 more businesses to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australian banks will extend the six-month deferral of loans to 30,000 more businesses to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Federal Court judgment against Westpac yesterday has significant implications for the ways in which firms market financial products to their customers, Adelaide financial law experts have told InDaily.
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National Australia Bank says it will spend another half a billion dollars to compensate aggrieved customers, while boosting the number of staff dealing with the issue to 500 .
Westpac will spend another $260 million to compensate customers affected by its “errors”, taking its total remediation payments so far to $659 million.
The former chief of staff to ex-NAB boss Andrew Thorburn has been arrested over a $40 million fraud against the bank.
Commonwealth Bank’s first-half cash profit has fallen 2.1 per cent to $4.676 billion, weighed down by Australia’s slowing property markets.