Bank fee class action expands to four more banks

Pressure on Australians banks has again increased with the announcement that four more were being named in a $200 million class action suit over late fees charged on credit cards and accounts. Law firm Maurice Blackburn, along with litigation funder IMF, say they plan to expand their bank fee case against Commonwealth Bank, National Australia [...]

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Among Banks Sued Over Fee Payments

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Westpac Banking Corp. were sued by customers seeking to recoup allegedly illegal fees, after a judge allowed part of a lawsuit against Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) to proceed. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers will also file claims against National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB) and Citigroup Inc.’s Citibank, said [...]

Bank fee class action expands to more banks

Pressure on Australians banks has again increased with the announcement that four more were being named in a $200 million class action suit over late fees charged on credit cards and accounts. Law firm Maurice Blackburn, along with litigation funder IMF, say they plan to expand their bank fee case against Commonwealth Bank, National Australia [...]

Bank class action over fees widened

Law firm Maurice Blackburn will file class actions against the other big banks for charging exorbitant customer fees after the partial success in a court case against ANZ. Maurice Blackburn will bring the actions against Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank and Citibank, head of class actions Andrew Watson said in a media conference. The [...]

Lawsuit alleges Pinnacle Bank manipulated overdraft charges

A Pinnacle Bank customer who alleges the bank manipulated overdraft charges to maximize the amount of fees collected is taking legal action to refund his and all Pinnacle customers’ overdraft charges over the past several years. The bank re-ordered transactions to process the largest ones first, instead of charging customers in chronological order, which, in [...]

Teen Saddled with Hundreds of Dollars in Bank Fees

By KSEE News Teen Saddled with Hundreds of Dollars in Bank Fees December 15, 2011 Updated Dec 15, 2011 at 8:32 AM PST (TIME) A Chicago area teenager Daniel Ganziano thought he was doing the right thing when he opened an account last year with TCF Bank near his Illinois home to learn how to [...]

Maurice Blackburn to sue other big banks

AAP Law firm Maurice Blackburn will file class actions against the other big banks for charging exorbitant customer fees after the partial success in a court case against ANZ. Maurice Blackburn will bring the actions against Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, National Australia Bank and Citibank, head of class actions Andrew Watson said in a [...]

Banks fees class action expands

ANOTHER 115,000 bank customers today joined Australia’s biggest class action against bank fees, with proceedings being issued against four more banks. Proceedings were issued in the Federal Court against the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank and Citibank. They join ANZ in being subject to the massive class action. The class actions now takes in [...]

Big four targeted in bank fees class action

Law firm Maurice Blackburn says it has added four more banks to its class action against bank fees. The Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Westpac and Citibank are to be sued along with ANZ for a total of $197 million. Earlier this month, the Federal Court in Melbourne ruled that four bank fees charged by [...]

Kerry Kirwan drained OAP father’s account of £70k life savings by forging signature

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:01 PM on 14th December 2011 Betrayal: Kerry Kirwan forged her 82-year-old father’s signature and emptied his bank account of his life savings A Chelsea pensioner was left penniless after his daughter emptied his bank account and stole his life savings. Kerry Kirwan forged the signature of her [...]

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