AUSTRAC SCANDAL

Financial planning

The bank has appointed Colin Carter to the review panel while a man has been charged for using Westpac’s transfer system to pay for live-streamed child abuse videos in so...

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Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s announcement of an increase to Westpac’s capital charge and the commencement of an investigation into possible breaches o...

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Financial planning

The class action by shareholders relates to market disclosure issues that are subject of the AUSTRAC money-laundering scandal....

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Financial planning

The authority has increased the bank’s capital requirement to $1 billion and will focus on directors and senior managers that breached the Banking Act in relation to the ...

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