Following an investigation into alleged Code breaches made by a customer, the BCCC found that the bank breached:
- clause 25.1 (provision of credit) of the 2004 Code, and
- clauses 28.2 (financial difficulty), 37.2 (complaints handling), 3.2 (fair and reasonable conduct) of the 2013 Code.
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This investigation was initiated by the Code Compliance Monitoring Committee (CCMC) in August 2018 and since 1 July 2019, the BCCC had carriage of the matter in accordance with its Charter.