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Australia's biggest bank scraps CEO's bonus

Commonwealth Bank responds to allegations of 53,700 breaches of money-laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws; CEO's bonus reduced to zero

Published Tue, Aug 8, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Melbourne

    COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia on Tuesday scrapped its chief executive's bonus for damaging the bank's reputation amid allegations it broke money-laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, but said he retained the board's confidence.

    Australia's financial intelligence agency last week accused the bank of roughly 53,700 breaches, launching a civil court action that could see the country's biggest lender fined several billion dollars.

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