APRA's scathing take on CBA's failings

Commonwealth Bank has been slammed by APRA as complacent and insular - and that's only the tip of the iceberg.

WHAT APRA THINKS ABOUT AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST BANK:

* "CBA's continued financial success dulled the senses of the institution"

* "Senior leadership was slow to recognise, and address, emerging threats to CBA's reputation. The consequences of this slowness were not grasped"

* "A widespread sense of complacency has run through CBA, from the top down"

* "CBA was desensitised to failings with customers"

* "CBA has been reactive - rather than proactive and pre-emptive - in dealing with risks"

* "CBA turned a tin ear to external voices and community expectations about fair treatment"

* "Good intent has been too readily used to excuse poor risk outcomes"

* "Complacency and reactivity led to a sense of 'chronic ease' in CBA."

* "Various failings have culminated in a dilution of the 'voice of risk' and the 'customer voice'"

* "CBA has 'fallen from grace'"


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