{"product_id":"9781925849363","title":"A Wunch of Bankers","description":"Author: Ziffer, Daniel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925849363\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jul 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was a complicated, galling, and gasp-inducing year at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was a complicated, galling, and gasp-inducing year at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt wasn't just the long list of scandals exposed to a horrified nation - charging fees to dead people, ignoring blatant conflicts of interest, and taking $1 billion from customers in fees that banks were never entitled to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat made it so fascinating, so heart-breaking, and so enraging was the procession of faces through the witness box, and the team of counsel gazing into the dark heart of banking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTearful victims, blank-faced executives, hapless regulators, and a couple of utter charlatans all had their day in court, watched by an audience of millions, and revealing - in their stories - the material to justify re-shaping the multi-trillion dollar financial-services industry that forms a pillar of Australian life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Wunch of Bankers\u003c\/i\u003e covers not just the big shocks, but the small moments - lost in the flurry of daily reporting - that reveal how companies have used the law, limp enforcement, and basic human behaviour to take advantage of customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs there a phrase that allows life-insurance spruikers in call centres to terrify you about your impending death - and the grief-stricken ruins of an estate you'll leave for your bereaved family - while still being legal? Yes, there is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas there a meeting in which a bank's executives ignored a warning of 'Extreme' from its chief risk officer, to embark on a dodgy scheme that accrued $3.6 billion in funds? There was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Wunch of Bankers\u003c\/i\u003e, the World's Oldest Debuting TV Reporter brings out the colour and grit of the royal commission's proceedings, and explores broader issues raised by the testimony. A compelling mixture of analysis, reportage, and observation, it is a revelatory work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wucking funderful.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Wil Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e' A  rollicking blow-by-blow of the Hayne Royal Commission into banking ... Ziffer's doom, gloom and snark sums up our twenty-first century tastes perfectly. Enjoy this real-life Dickensian nightmare, and despair!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Chris Dite, \u003ci\u003eReadings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Daniel Ziffer doesn't suffer from inertia. His book, \u003ci\u003eA Wunch of Bankers\u003c\/i\u003e, is a supercharged flight through the absurdity of the year he spent reporting from the commission for ABCTV.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Peter Martin, \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181167325342,"sku":"UBD-9781925849363","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925849363.jpg?v=1787399598","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925849363","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}