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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,828 cases from 37 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by authority- Auckland District Court (Anklage: Commerce Commission) €835,189 100 % · 1 case
- Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) – 0 % · 1 case
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| Q4 2024 | 1 | €835,189 |
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2 cases
18 Mar 2025 NZForex LimitedNZForex: formal warning over 3,182 unreported transactions Reprimand or warning
The company disclosed to the DIA (Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand's AML/CFT supervisor) that, because of a system error in its prescribed transaction reporting, 3,182 transactions not denominated in New Zealand dollars had not been reported to the Police Financial Intelligence Unit between November 2017 and February 2024. On 18 March 2025 the DIA issued a formal warning under the AML/CFT Act 2009 and, given the prompt voluntary disclosure, refrained from more serious action; NZForex must provide the final report of an independent audit and report on its remediation.
Reporting processes for prescribed transactions need regular reconciliation so that system errors do not go unnoticed for years; early self-reporting can substantially reduce the sanction.
Complete reporting of prescribed transactions to the FIU
- Authority / court
- Department of Internal Affairs (DIA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing
- Legal basis
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (Meldung vorgeschriebener Transaktionen)
- Action
- Reprimand or warning
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Prompt voluntary disclosure, admission of fault, fixing the system error, reporting all outstanding transactions and a voluntary independent audit.
- Published
- 18 Mar 2025
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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26 Nov 2024 Kiwibank LimitedKiwibank: 1.5 million NZD fine for systemically misapplied customer terms €835,189
The bank pleaded guilty to 21 charges under the Fair Trading Act because for years it had not provided services to customers on the agreed terms, for example discounts and interest-free periods under package agreements, correctly calculated repayments, the switch to principal repayments after interest-only periods and correct fees. Around 35,000 customers were overcharged a total of 6.8 million NZD; on 26 November 2024 the Auckland District Court imposed a fine of 1.5 million NZD. According to the Commerce Commission (New Zealand's consumer and competition regulator), the causes were errors in electronic systems and a lack of quality assurance checks on whether staff knew and followed the processes.
Agreed terms must be correctly set up in systems and monitored through quality assurance; system errors are no excuse.
Correctly applying agreed terms in banking processes
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Auckland District Court (Anklage: Commerce Commission)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Fair Trading Act 1986, ss 13(i), 40(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- The bank had identified and reported the errors itself and is progressively refunding customers 9.2 million NZD.
- Published
- 27 Nov 2024
Original amount 1,500,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Nov 2024.
- Commerce Commission: Systemic breaches of consumer law lead to $1.5million fine for Kiwibank (27.11.2024) Press release of an authority
- Commerce Commission, Case register: Kiwibank Limited (Fair Trading Act 1986 ss 13(i), 40(1)) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link