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It was "fundamentally wrong" that AMP Financial Planning paid consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers significantly more to review a court-ordered remediation than was paid to customers who suffered loss after an adviser churned life insurance policies for higher commissions, a judge has said.
ASIC has issued an interim stop order barring a Melbourne-based investment broker from opening trading accounts or dealing in contracts for difference or margin foreign exchange contracts to retail investors.
Payment giant Visa has lost an application for a patent covering a way to transfer assets between banks, with an IP Australia delegate saying the invention uses generic computer technology and is not patentable.
Bank of Queensland has been called out by two regulators over its compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws and its risk management practices.
Crown Resorts has reached agreement with AUSTRAC to pay a $450 million penalty for the casino operator's serious breaches of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
Online home improvement platform Hipages has admitted that it likely engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by failing to disclose contract terms that allowed it to automatically renew subscriptions and charge early termination fees.
A judge has urged the Fair Work Ombudsman to act quickly after it told the court it accidentally undervalued claimed underpayments in a case against the owner of Rebel Sport, the regulator’s first case against a holding company for alleged wrongdoing by its subsidiaries.
The ACCC has brought proceedings against a national flower retailer for allegedly adapting its websites and google ads to deceive online customers into believing they were a local florist.
The South Australia gambling commissioner has directed SkyCity Adelaide to appoint an independent expert to review its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing programs after AUSTRAC alleged it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions at its casino.