Respect and protect index 2025 reveals growing consumer demand for financial abuse protections
Three in four Australians want financial abuse protections from companies they deal with, and nearly a quarter (23%) are prepared to switch companies based on their actions to address this hidden and pervasive form of domestic and family violence. The inaugural respect and protect index 2025, released today by social enterprise Flequity Ventures, also shows: […]
Two Australian banks introduce financial abuse terms and conditions
Two of Australia’s biggest banks have committed to introduce new terms and conditions that will enable them to suspend or cancel customer accounts if they are misused for financial abuse. National Australia Bank has announced a new ‘unacceptable account conduct’ condition on its savings and transaction accounts that will allow bankers to cut off customers […]