05/06/2026
Our firm wrote an open letter to the Minister of Finance, urging him to institute a policy that the banks must pay out consumers who are victims of bank fraud, save where the consumer was grossly negligent. The UK has such a policy. Here the banks point the finger at the consumer and hide behind POPI to protect the identity of the fraudsters, whom we have to suspect are bank staff, or assisted by bank staff. https://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/misdaad/firma-veg-vir-slagoffers-van-bankbedrog-in-sa-20260604-0947 via
’n Prokureursfirma het ’n ope brief aan die minister van finansies, Enoch Godongwana, en die banksektor gerig oor banke wat aanspreeklikheid vermy vir bankbedrog en hul kliënte verkeerdelik laat opdok.
