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Westpac settles US class actions over BBSW trading, money laundering disclosures
Class Actions 2020-10-30 10:59 am By Christine Caulfield

Westpac has reached settlements in two separate US class actions over the bank’s trading activity in the bank bill swap rate market and disclosures in relation to its compliance with Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.

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Claims of loss questioned in MySuper class action against NAB units
Financial Services 2020-10-29 4:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has raised doubts about claims of loss and damage in a class action by members of superannuation funds operated by NAB units MLC and NULIS over alleged MySuper mismanagement, as he determines a challenge to whether the case was validly brought as a class action.

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Law firms behind competing AMP class actions fight consolidation
Class Actions 2020-10-27 4:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A showdown over two competing class actions against AMP is set down for December, and the applicants will have to persuade the judge overseeing the cases that they should not be consolidated.

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Ripple Labs denies PayID is deceptively similar to trade mark of Aussie mobile banking system
Intellectual Property 2020-10-26 12:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

US cryptocurrency maker Ripple Labs has hit back at an intellectual property lawsuit brought by the Australian company behind the ubiquitous PayID mobile banking system, saying its PayID trade mark is neither substantially identical nor deceptively similar to the Aussie mark.

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CBA fined $150,000 for increasing problem gambler’s credit card limit
Financial Services 2020-10-23 5:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been fined $150,000 after a Federal Court judge found the bank had breached the law by increasing a problem gambler’s credit card limit but that the conduct was “not systematic, deliberate or covert”.

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Ernst & Young can’t rely on privilege against self-incrimination in LM Investment lawsuit
Financial Services 2020-10-22 9:12 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has found that auditor Ernst & Young cannot rely on the privilege against self-incrimination in a lawsuit brought over its audits of failed financial services firm LM Investment Management.

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Mayfair’s Mawhinney can’t stop trial prep in ASIC cases
Financial Services 2020-10-22 4:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

James Mawhinney, director of the besieged Mayfair Group, has lost his bid to slow down two proceedings filed by ASIC which he claims will have a “catastrophic” effect on his business, staff and investors.

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AUSTRAC’s record $1.3B penalty for Westpac’s money laundering breaches wins court OK
AUSTRAC 2020-10-21 2:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has given the greenlight to AUSTRAC’s $1.3 billion penalty against Westpac over the bank’s 23 million breaches of money laundering and counter-terrorism laws, the biggest regulatory fine ever paid by an Australian company.

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Societe Generale hit with $30,000 penalty for criminal breaches of client money rules
Financial Services 2020-10-21 1:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian unit of French investment bank Société Générale must pay a $30,000 penalty after pleading guilty to four counts of breaching client money handling rules.

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Banned celebrity financial advisor Sam Henderson fined $10,000
Financial Services 2020-10-20 4:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former celebrity advisor and banking royal commission witness Sam Henderson has avoided jail time and been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to dishonesty and defective disclosure offences for falsely telling clients he had completed a Master of Commerce degree.

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