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Update · 07:54 pm AEST · 25 August 2026

australian scam rules require victims to prove bank failures

australian scam rules require victims to prove bank failures
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Australia's scam prevention framework requires victims to prove an institution failed to meet its anti-fraud obligations in order to secure reimbursement, according to fraud expert Ken Palla.

Palla, a retired director at MUFG Union Bank, said that while clear-cut controls like confirmation of payee are easy to measure, many of the roughly 30 required controls are harder to define when a scammer manipulates a customer into authorizing a transaction, BankInfoSecurity reports.

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/australian-regs-make-scam-victims-prove-lapses-by-banks-a-32641 bankinfosecurity.com
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