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Banks lashed for ripping off poorer customers

ANZ, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac must pay back millions to customers (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

More than $28 million will be refunded after major banks were found to have overcharged low-income Australians who should have had low-fee accounts, the market watchdog says.

ANZ, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac kept at least two million people in high-fee accounts with steep dishonour and overdraw charges when they could least afford it, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found.

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