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Banks are enabling economic abuse. Here's how they could be stopping it

Written by Becky Batagol, Associate Professor of Law, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University

Financial institutions often have all the information they need to identify suspected cases of economic abuse.Shutterstock

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry delivers its final report today.

During its hearings there was an important problem that it has missed.

Banks and financial...

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