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The former general counsel of UK-based transit payment provider Littlepay has lost her lawsuit alleging she faced a hostile workplace when she returned from maternity leave and was dismissed for making complaints about the company's CEO and another global executive.
SMBC has been cleared to add more claims to its $34 million suit against Humm Group after the fintech's subsidiary allegedly misled the Japanese bank about worthless receivables under contracts said to be forged by a Forum Group entity.
Buy now, pay later giant Zip Co has successfully defended a lawsuit over its use of Firstmac's 'Zip' trade mark and won its bid to have the mortgage provider’s mark removed for non-use.
A private investment fund has won its claim as a secured creditor over $2 million in research and development tax refunds that a court previously found should go to employees in a fight over funds remaining following the collapse of fintech Spitfire Corporation.
A judge who eviscerated a prior bid by a law firm and funder to take home 60 per cent of a $5 million class action settlement with Tyro has allowed them to net half of the proceeds, questioning whether some of the costs amounted to a “complete breach” of legal professional duties.
A lawsuit by the liquidators of Sargon Capital alleges law firm King & Wood Mallesons “refused or neglected” a demand to return over $540,000 in alleged unfair preference payments and should have known the fintech was insolvent when the payments were made.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hit fintech Humm Group with an interim stop order barring it from issuing buy now, pay later products to new customers.
Payments processing company EML has hit back at a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bank’s concerns about its anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing compliance, claiming swathes of the case are liable to be struck out.
Buy now, pay later services will soon be regulated as credit products under proposed changes to the law flagged by the federal government amid concerns about financial risks the service poses to consumers.