Australia’s CBA, ANZ Sued in New Zealand for Missed Loan Interest Refunds

Australia’s CBA, ANZ Sued in New Zealand for Missed Loan Interest Refunds
A pedestrian is reflected in the window of a branch of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) in Central Sydney, Australia, Oct. 25, 2017. Steven Saphore/Reuters
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Two of Australia’s “big four” banks are facing a multi-million dollar claim in New Zealand for not refunding more than 150,000 customers the interest and fee charged following an alleged breach in disclosing changes to loan agreements.

The class-action lawsuit said Kiwi units of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group did not clearly inform customers a change in some terms of home and personal loans and claimed that during the period the lenders cannot charge on a loan.