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NEW WESTPAC ALLIANCE TO SCRAP GLOBAL BANK ACCESS FEES.

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MELBOURNE, June 1 Asia Pulse - Westpac Banking Corp Ltd (ASX: WBC) has announced a global alliance with four leading financial institutions to scrap international access fees for overseas travellers.

Westpac, together with the Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche Bank/Deutsch Bank 24 and Scotiabank, will forgo international access fees to their 36 million customers worldwide.

Westpac's group executive for business and consumer banking Michael ...

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