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NAB launches customer chatbot app

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... lending of less than $3 million. NAB chief legal and commercial counsel Sharon Cook said: "The importance of a simple and fair contract cannot be underestimated. We've been simplifying across all areas of the bank and these changes are industry-leading." ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... aligning super guarantee payments to the wage cycle, abolishing the monthly $450 threshold, and granting the Fair Work Ombudsman greater power to recoup unpaid super has been introduced in Parliament. Rebekha Sharkie, federal member for Mayo, South Australia ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... will face court over thousands of dollars of alleged underpayments. A driver for AVA Travel contacted the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) after staff received a text message requiring them to provide an ABN and informing them that they would be engaged as ...

CBA defends 'incorrect' personal advice claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... personal advice was not provided," he said. Gamertsfelder also cited a review of the case conducted by the Financial Ombudsman Service in 2012 which found in favour of the bank. Despite this, Gamertsfelder did concede that the Open Advice Review program ...

Terms of reference released for complaints system review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... panel and key considerations guiding the review. Chief ombudsman Shane Tregillis said: "FOS is committed to the principles of fair, open and simple resolution of financial disputes. Reducing complexity for consumers in accessing effective independent ...

Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... guarantee with wages. "The ATO also needs greater resources to tackle the problem or other bodies such as the Fair Work Ombudsman should be given great scope to pursue arrears." The 134-page report, Promoting Compliance with Superannuation Guarantee ...

ANZ praises ASIC "integrity" amid consumer complaints

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... has a comprehensive set of policies, processes and tools to assist customers in difficulty and seeks to resolve issues in a fair and responsible way." The bank encouraged customers to raise their concerns through the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). ...

Ripoll recommends investor compensation fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... Australia. This should include consultation with the industry about how levy arrangements might be designed to ensure they are fair and equitable across the industry," said the PJC report. Meanwhile, the PJC recommended the Corporations Act be amended ...

FOS gears up to combat record complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... number has increased to just over 200 people, which deal with more than 80 per cent of Australia's financial disputes. "It's fair to say that our staffing levels increased not quite commensurately with the volume of complaints but we have been hiring ...
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