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Dec 3, 2024 | 
anz.com.au | Shayne Elliott |Sarah Stubbings |Rabih Yazbek
ANZ is approaching its 200th anniversary. In 1828 our predecessor the Cornwall Bank was set up in the island state of Tasmania, Australia, then Van Diemen’s Land, when the people of the local community were tired of being ignored by the banks in Hobart. “Through our network, we facilitate about 25 per cent of all payments into the Pacific, and around 15 per cent of all payments out of the region.”Islands are a big part of our history.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
anz.com.au | Sanjay Mathur |Shayne Elliott |Richard Yetsenga
In recent years, the landscape of Asia's export market has undergone significant changes, driven by factors such as technological advancements, geopolitical shifts and evolving consumer behaviour. “Asia's export market holds immense potential, but it faces several challenges. The region must invest in technology and infrastructure to stay competitive.”There is an increasing emphasis on sustainable and environment-friendly practices.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
anz.com.au | Brett Foley |Shayne Elliott
ANZ Chief Executive Officer Shayne Elliott says the bank’s strong 2024 full-year result follows several years of investment into key customer platforms which will help solidify and underpin future growth. ANZ today released a statutory profit after tax for the full year ended 30 September 2024 of $6,535 million, down 8 per cent on full year 2023’s record profit results. "We set about a bold, ambitious strategy to re-platform the bank into lower cost, more adaptable platforms.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
anz.com.au | Brett Foley |Shayne Elliott
ANZ’s strong 2024 full year result demonstrates the benefits of a transformation which has seen the bank’s revenue grow 19 per cent in the past three years, Chief Financial Officer Farhan Faruqui said. Speaking with bluenotes on video, Faruqui said simplification and de-risking over the last decade has led to consistent performance, including generating about $1.7 billion in cost savings which allowed the bank to invest in new technology and strategic initiatives.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
anz.com.au | Daniel King |Maile Carnegie |Shayne Elliott
On 31 July 2024, ANZ completed the acquisition of Suncorp Bank, onboarding around 3,000 employees, about 1.2 million customers and $54.6 billion of deposits the very next day. “Today marks exactly 100 days since the acquisition, and we couldn’t be more pleased with the progress.”When we made our bid to buy Suncorp Bank over two years ago, the transaction made a lot of sense.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
anz.com.au | Shayne Elliott |Brett Foley
Banking is changing so rapidly, it takes forethought, insight and conviction to build things now to enable us to provide the services and experiences our customers will expect down the track. "The amount of payments being directed through all of our platforms has grown, with digital payments volumes more than doubling since 2020.”ANZ has been operating for almost 200 years and in that time, we’ve had to constantly adapt the way we do business.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
anz.com.au | Shayne Elliott
ANZ is almost 200 years old and while we may look somewhat like our domestic peers, our business is quite different. “A controversial and bold decision was made to build the first container port in Southeast Asia. That decision has paid off in spades as today, 50 years on, Singapore is one of the busiest ports in the world.”From our earliest days, we have facilitated the movement of trade and capital around the world.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
bluenotes.anz.com | Shayne Elliott
ANZ is one of the biggest banks servicing the region across markets including Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Vanuatu and Timor Leste. "Our presence there goes right back to 1910 and outside of our home markets of Australia and New Zealand, PNG is one of the oldest franchise in our network.”We also have a business servicing Institutional corporate clients in one of our nearest and most important neighbours – Papua New Guinea.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
bluenotes.anz.com | Shayne Elliott
Today the bank has 1.2 million customers – many in its home state of Queensland. "To meet its potential, Queensland will need to keep growing its traditionally strong sectors like agriculture, resources and tourism – but also in new sectors like technology.”Suncorp Bank has played a significant role in the life of many Queenslanders, whether in the first homes it funded, businesses it kick-started or family nest-eggs it helped shape over generations.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
bluenotes.anz.com | Shayne Elliott
But that’s what Dan Richards and his wife Tarun and their family have done at their property near Humpty Doo, on the Adelaide River about an hour south of Darwin. "We're constantly investing and innovating to grow a better barramundi, more responsibly.” – Dan Richards, Humpty Doo Barramundi CEOIn the early 1990s Dan’s father Bob and his partners had the idea of farming barramundi in a handful of ponds on their property, which is not far from Kakadu National Park.
