Taking advantage: How Perth bank customers found out they could be owed hundreds

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 6th August, 2019 AM News Update [ANZ bank customers wrongly charged a monthly transaction fee are being reimbursed hundreds of dollars. ]( [Taking advantage: How Perth bank customers found out they could be owed hundreds]( Thousands of bank users across Australia could be unnecessarily out of pocket hundreds of dollars, unaware of changes made to a popular banking account. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top Stories [Foster carers say WA government must 'get real' about child protection crisis]( "Why do we take these children, who have already suffered such extreme hardships and not provide them with the best support and care?" 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