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Duncan Murray

NAB sued for failing customers in financial hardship

National Australia Bank has been sued for allegedly failing to respond to hardship requests. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

National Australia Bank has been sued for allegedly failing to properly answer requests for hardship support from some of its most vulnerable customers over a near-five-year period.

A lawsuit filed by the financial regulator in the Federal Court claims the big-four bank and one of its subsidiaries did not respond to 345 hardship applications from customers within the 21-day period required by law.

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