Westpac hit with $26 million penalty for ignoring hardship pleas from struggling customers

Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) has been ordered to pay a $26 million civil penalty after the Federal Court found the major bank failed to respond to more than 200 online financial hardship requests from customers over nearly six years.

The penalty, handed down by Justice McEvoy, relates…


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