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On 29 September 2006 the New Zealand Commerce Commission fined Westpac NZ$5.1 million for hidden foreign transaction fees, with most of the fine being reimbursement to affected customers, in the order of 12% of the fees actually charged. All other banks operating in New Zealand had either already been fined or were awaiting a court case.
For example, in the United States, suspicious transaction reports [3] must be reported to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. FinCEN maintains a team of analysts who meticulously review these Suspicious Activity Reports to detect potential money laundering activities.
The section Westpac New Zealand should have its own article Westpac New Zealand. This would be consistent with other subsidiaries of Westpac, such as St George Bank, having their own article and also with equivalent Australian owned New Zealand banks also having separate articles to their parent. Being subject to the New Zealand's regulator ...
cash transactions of A$10,000 or more, or foreign currency of that value, international funds transfer instructions, either into or out of Australia, of any amount, and; suspicious transactions of any kind, being transactions the dealer may reasonably suspect of being part of tax evasion or crime, or might assist in a prosecution.
Westpac NZ offers a full banking service with around 1.5 million customers, and 196 branches nationwide. It is one of the big four banks in New Zealand and provides services to small to medium business, corporate and institutional organizations, and is the banker of the New Zealand government. [40]
Banking in Australia is dominated by four major banks: Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group and National Australia Bank.There are several smaller banks with a presence throughout the country which includes Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Suncorp Bank, [1] and a large number of other financial institutions, such as credit unions, building societies and mutual banks ...
A bank transaction tax is a tax levied on debit (and/or credit) entries on bank accounts. In 1989, at the Buenos Aires meetings of the International Institute of Public Finance , University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor of Economics Edgar L. Feige proposed extending the tax reform ideas of John Maynard Keynes , [ 1 ] James Tobin [ 2 ] and ...
The New Zealand Government reimburses 95 Lake Alice Hospital survivors, who had part of their compensation payments deducted by legal fees in 2001. [357] 31 October — New Zealand signs a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). As part of the agreement, 99% of New Zealand exports to the GCC would become duty ...