1 March 2020
**This information is now found in Appendix 3 – Industry Guideline: Sale of unsecured debt***
ABA member banks will not sell debt if:
- the debt is statute-barred, or
- the customer is in the process of disputing that they owe the debt and the bank has not
yet finalised its consideration of the issue.
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