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Catherine Fitzpatrick, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney

Banks put family violence perpetrators on notice. Stop using accounts to commit abuse or risk being 'debanked'

Perpetrators of family violence will often use money to hurt and control their victims. Shutterstock

Ella never knew when her credit card was going to be declined.

It happened when she was shopping for groceries with her kids, or refuelling the car. That’s when she would discover her partner had cancelled the card or lowered the limit so she couldn’t buy essentials. Again.

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