July 2010
Budget Loans pleads guilty to misleading - $500,000 returned to consumers
26 July 2010
Budget Loans Limited has pleaded guilty to 34 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act in the Auckland District Court today. The charges relate to misleading claims made by Budget Loans that it was entitled to recover certain interest and fees from its debtors, when as a matter of law it was not. Budget Loans have been fined $30,750.
Relates to: Fair Trading, Consumer Credit
Commerce Commission directs payment of $45 million to ANZ/ING investors
21 July 2010
The Commerce Commission has determined the payment method for distribution of the $45 million settlement fund agreed with ANZ National Bank Limited (ANZ) and ING (NZ) Limited (ING) in respect of the ING Diversified Yield Fund (DYF) and ING Regular Income Fund (RIF).
Relates to: Fair Trading, Consumer Credit