Bank unit fined for charging dead pensioners
A former CBA unit has been fined $1.7million for charging fees to dead clients.
The unit, Avanteos Investments, was a part of wealth manager Colonial First State, in which CBA divested its majority stake in 2020 to private equity giant KKR.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said 499 deceased members with funds in Avanteos pension products were wrongly charged almost $700,000 because the company failed to update its defective disclosure statements.
ASIC said this was the first instance of a criminal prosecution for a company failing to update its defective disclosure statements.
Avanteos has repaid the deducted fees.
Will the banks ever stop finding new ways to fleece us?
Short answer...NO...the banks will always find ways to fleece us & with ever more creative & hidden 'fees'