FAIRGO principles

At Westpac we welcome your suggestions, compliments and complaints as an opportunity to improve our service, provide feedback to staff and help us put things right when we have let you down.

If you’re ever unhappy about something we’ve done – or perhaps not done – please give us the opportunity to put things right. Westpac will apply the following fairgo principles when addressing a customer complaint and remediation. 

Fair

We are fair: we will be fair and objective in our approach to considering customer complaints and the appropriateness of remediation.

Action

We take action: we will respond in a timely way to resolve complaints and assess remediation as quickly as possible. We will take action to comprehensively address any issues and use the knowledge gained to build a better bank.

Integrity

We act with integrity: we earn trust by demonstrating the highest standards of honesty and we will deliver on our commitments to our customers with integrity.

Respect

We communicate clearly, with respect and consider our customer’s needs: Where we are aware of a customer’s vulnerability, we will act with respect, sensitivity and compassion. In our interactions with our customers, we will take time to listen and communicate clearly with empathy.

Genuine

We are genuine: we will be genuine, honest and sincere in our response to customer complaints and our approach to remediation. We will acknowledge and apologise to our customers when we have got it wrong.

Open

We are open and co-operative: we will be open about escalation and avenues for resolution, help our customers understand their options and we will co-operate with any external review of a complaint or remediation activity, including providing our customers with the required documents.

Our public complaints policy

Our public complaints policy 'Let us know what you think' (PDF 409KB) explains;

  • how you may lodge a complaint;
  • the options available to assist customers who may need additional assistance to lodge a complaint;
  • our key steps for dealing with complaints, including acknowledgement, assessment and investigation, and provision of an IDR response;
  • response timeframes; and 
  • details about accessing Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) where a complaint is not resolved.

For more information on all our accessible options, please go to Access and Inclusion.