- December the biggest month in 2024 for abandoned payments
- Real-time payment alerts, opens in new window in NAB App and Internet Banking help raise scam warning
- Customer scam losses down, but reports up as criminals find new ways to rip people off
NAB customers abandoned $48.5 million worth of payments in the past two months alone after the bank raised a scam warning about them, new insights reveal.
December was the biggest month in 2024 for abandoned payments, with customers scrapping $26 million worth of payments after receiving a payment alert.
About $22.5 million in payments were abandoned in November, known for its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
The real-time alerts target invoice, investment, romance, and goods and services scams in the NAB App and Internet Banking as customers are making a payment.
Customers may receive an alert if a payment appears out of character for them or raises scam concerns and are designed to encourage them to stop and check before they send money.
NAB Executive, Group Investigations Chris Sheehan said the alerts were helping reduce the impact of scams on customers.