Upper house majority disallows previous regulation stripping consumers of protection
Read More CHOICE applauds Senators working together to save financial advice protections
Decision comes after Federal Court ruled against ANZ earlier this year
Read More CHOICE welcomes NAB’s decision to settle late payment fee class action, calls on other banks to follow
Financial counsellors provide free advice about their best course of action – without incentives to sell
Read More Are debt businesses unfairly targeting vulnerable consumers?
Former ASIC Senior Manager brings community engagement experience
Read More Credit Ombudsman Service appoints new Consumer Director
CHOICE calls on Senate to delay vote on FoFA until financial inquiry report
Read More Report finds consumer pain from bad financial advice a global problem
Sidestep arrangements netted more charges to consumers than allowed under credit protection laws
Read More ASIC continues crackdown on payday lending avoidance models
Small loan provider breached cost cap when charging $60 EFT fee
Read More ASIC action leads to over $1 million refund to consumers
CHOICE CEO claims consumers expect more from a big 4 bank
Read More CBA’s response to nearly a decade of financial advice failure was shonky
ASIC review of 200 advice files finds more than a third not compliant in prioritising consumer needs
Read More Higher standards needed for life insurance industry
Site will generate legal letters for individuals involved in dispute resolution
Read More Financial Rights Legal Centre wins grant to develop financial stress web service
CPSA calls on politicians to reject Government bid to raise pension age
Read More Study finds Australian pensioners worse off than Eastern Europeans
Payment brings to an end existing litigation following Storm collapse in 2009
Read More ASIC and Bank of Queensland reach Storm Financial settlement
