A judge has signed off on Macquarie Leasing’s settlement in one of three class actions against lenders over flexible commissions paid to car dealers.
The National Australian Bank says it will take a $130 million hit after issues with its payroll system led to staff being underpaid.
The corporate cop can revise its action against Gold Coast property developer ALAMMC to seek winding up orders after concerns have emerged about misuse of $70 million in investor funds.
A judge has signed off on a $59 million settlement in a class action accusing five banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging, while bemoaning the failure of successive attorneys-general to advance reforms clarifying the court’s power to make class closure orders.
Mastercard says legal professional privilege remained over a document after a junior lawyer “inadvertently” sent it to the ACCC in 2020 while the credit card giant was trying to dissuade the regulator from continuing an investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct.
A former ANZ trader that sued the bank five years ago for allegedly sacking him for complaining about the bank’s attempted manipulation of the bank bill swap rate wants the trial date pushed out after receiving thousands of documents from the bank.
Online investment platform eToro has won its bid to rely on late expert evidence in ASIC’s first-ever action alleging breach of obligations in designing and selling financial products over high-risk contracts for difference.
National Australia Bank and its home loan lender subsidiary have been ordered to pay a $15.5 million penalty after admitting to mishandling hundreds of customer hardship applications.
The directors of payday lenders Cigno and BSF have filed for special leave to appeal a decision that found them liable for unlicensed credit activity, saying the case raises fundamental questions about the scope of accessorial liability.
Former director of fintech iSignthis, John Karantzis, plans to appeal a ruling that slapped him with a $1 million penalty and disqualification orders for allegedly providing misleading information to shareholders.