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AFCA complaints show First Nations consumers still face major financial barriers

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received 2,461 complaints from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers in 2024–25, highlighting persistent barriers to fair banking, insurance and superannuation. AFCA says these complaints most often involve unauthorised transactions, poor or delayed responses to hardship requests, lengthy delays in claims handling, and mis‑selling of funeral and other insurance […]