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The director of a money transfer business accused of fixing foreign exchange rates has filed a defence attacking the credibility of the federal prosecutor’s key witness, but his new lawyer says the attack might not be maintained at trial.
The judge who oversaw a discontinued criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement has bemoaned Australia's overly complex criminal cartel laws, noting prosecutors stumbled in advancing the indictment despite the case involving a "not particularly complex" set of facts.
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has hit back at ASIC proceedings alleging it saddled hundreds of thousands of customers with cash advance fees after providing them with incorrect account balances, saying its customers were "expressly on notice” the fees would be charged.
Brisbane fintech Sniip Limited has filed a lawsuit against American Express Australia, claiming millions in damages after the payments giant allegedly breached a contract to provide card members with BPAY bill payments services.
Two former executives at Fuji Xerox's Australian unit have settled a lawsuit over their roles in a $450 million accounting scandal that has also ensnared auditor Ernst & Young.
Fired underwriter Greg Brereton has been granted an extension to respond to lawsuits targeting Insurance Australia Group over trade credit policies covering $4.6 billion in loans issued by collapsed Greensill Capital.
A class action on behalf of former clients of collapsed wealth manager Dixon Advisory has filed a court bid for information on any insurance policy held by the business that might cover the mammoth claims, estimated to be worth between $278 million and $463 million.
The largest shareholder in payday lender Nimble has lost its challenge to a decision blocking it from accessing company documents about an impending debt refinance, with an appeals court finding the investor’s concerns had “an air of commercial unreality”.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will not seek to enforce a $7.2 million penalty agreed to by Dixon Advisory after admitting to the regulator’s allegations that it failed to act in its clients' best interests.
Bell Potter has defeated a lawsuit by Nicholas Bolton’s Keybridge Capital over a 2015 phone call which lasted one minute and 18 seconds in which the investment firm was accused of committing its client to buy $10 million worth of shares in defunct Molopo Energy.