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Australia’s financial sector will pay customers $7.2bn for wrongdoing, regulator says

The compensation banks and other financial institutions will pay as a result of their wrongdoing towards customers will reach $7.2bn, the corporate regulator says.

by | Sep 27, 2022

RBA says cash hoarders stashed record amounts during pandemic

The deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Karen Chester, said the regulator wanted to stop its hands-on involvement in remediation schemes – a program that’s been under way since the mid-2010s, when widespread misconduct in the sector was first uncovered.

The regulator launched a new regulatory guide for remediation programs on Tuesday that Chester said she hoped “draws a line in the sand” for Asic.

Read more at The Guardian

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