- Westpac introduced a new blocking mechanism in its online and mobile banking platforms which allow customers to restrict their spend with gambling merchants
- The new digital feature means customers apply the block in real-time to any personal Westpac credit card or Debit Mastercard
- The flexibility and ease of ability to apply an instant block through digital banking meant more than 2,500 customers
- The new feature complements the existing service where customers also call to request a gambling block
- The introduction of the digital gambling block a further step in providing customers choice
- The gambling block feature follows other recent measures aimed at making digital banking safer for customers
