A hearing scheduled for next year in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s case against two NAB wealth management units will focus solely on how steep a penalty the bank should face after it made admissions about its fees for no service conduct.
The hearing for a class action against National Australia Bank over allegedly worthless credit card insurance will focus on whether the bank’s allegedly unconscionable behaviour in selling these policies was systemic or confined to individual cases.
A court has thrown out a breach of contract claim brought by two subsidiaries of property developer Minster Group against National Australia Bank, but found the bank must face a $1.2 million unconscionability claim over allegedly excessive fees.
National Australia Bank is setting aside a further $1.18 billion to compensate customers for dodgy adviser service fees, consumer credit insurance sales, and non-compliant advice.
Three syndicates of Lloyd’s London have failed in their bid to toss a case brought by National Australia Bank seeking £357 million ($655 million) in insurance claims relating to two consumer redress schemes in the UK.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought legal action against National Australia Bank over its scandal-ridden ‘Introducer’ loan referral program.
National Australia Bank is taking Helen Rosamond’s executive services company Human Group to court in connection with a multimillion dollar fraud against the bank.
Insurance company Allianz Australia will need set aside an extra $250 million in capital until it strengthens its risk management, making it the fifth financial institution to be slapped with additional requirements by the prudential regulator.
The corporate watchdog has warned “robust” enforcement action is on the cards for banks and lenders, after a review found consumer credit insurance policies to be “extremely poor value for money”, paying out as little as 11 cents per dollar spent in premiums on average.
A NAB-owned trustee is facing a possible class action over $100 million in allegedly excessive fees charged to super fund members.