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Brian Hartzer

August

CA ANZ chief executive Ainslie van Onselen, columnist Peter van Onselen and mental health expert Professor Patrick McGorry.

The Mail and the accountants: a Peter van Onselen story

Most would run a mile from this sort of thing. But that’s never been Peter van Onselen’s style.

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  • Myriam Robin

July

Westpac is trying to reduce head office numbers by 20 per cent on 2020 levels by this year.

Prudential watchdog halves $1b Westpac penalty

APRA will slash its $1 billion capital penalty levied on the bank four years after it was first implemented.

  • Lucas Baird

May

The bank in 2020 admitted that it had failed to properly report 19.5 million international fund transfer instructions to the regulator on transactions totalling more than $11 billion.

Westpac sues insurers over $1.3b AUSTRAC penalty

AFR Weekend understands that the bank believes it is eligible to claim $400 million from its insurers over the AUSTRAC fine.

  • Lucas Baird

March

A decade of Banking Summit front pages

Here’s how The Australian Financial Review told the story of a decade of momentous developments in banking and finance.

December 2023

Brian Hartzer is returning to the executive ranks.

Brian Hartzer’s warning to AI wannabes

The former Westpac boss, who is now CEO of Quantium Health, says effective AI use for companies is all about balance. 

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  • James Thomson
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Brian Hartzer is the new Quantium Health CEO.

Hartzer joins Woolworths’ Quantium Health as CEO

Former Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has taken the reins at data analytics player Quantium Health.

  • Lucas Baird

October 2023

Steven Gregg will retire from his director role at up-start financial services player Challenger Limited and has announced plans to retire as chairman of the Lottery Corporation.

Steven Gregg to succeed Westpac chairman McFarlane

The chairman of Ampol will take the top board seat at Westpac from next month and will be leaving his post as chairman of Lottery Corp.

  • Lucas Baird

August 2023

ING Australia CEO Melanie Evans - hates the expression ‘fake it till you make it’

‘Fake it till you make it’ is terrible advice, says this bank CEO

Melanie Evans, the Australian CEO of Dutch banking behemoth ING, says young people who want to get ahead should be ready to put in some hard work.

  • Patrick Durkin

April 2023

EML Payments chief executive Emma Shand.

The weird and wonderful world of EML Payments

EML has a piercing migraine’s worth of anti-money laundering compliance issues and a cast from the bar scene in Star Wars.

  • Joe Aston

March 2023

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Westpac sticks with Kiwi bourse’s dumped chairman

As if Westpac didn’t have enough money-laundering headaches of its own.

  • Myriam Robin

September 2022

September 13, 2022

Queen’s death causes many brain explosions

The four days since her death have been a spectacle of dubiously pertinent Australians attempting to deal themselves into the story.

  • Joe Aston
During Queen Elizabeth’s reign, there were 16 Australian and 15 British prime ministers, and 14 US presidents.

Queen’s banker: my lunch with Her Majesty

Brian Hartzer was privileged to sit next to Queen Elizabeth II at lunch in the dining room of Coutts & Co in London a decade ago. It gave him insights into her curiosity and love of Australia.

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  • Tony Boyd

April 2022

Jamie Twiss says Beforepay is on the path to profitability.

Beforepay shares jump on declining loss rates

The fintech says it’s adding users and paring back losses on its long road to profitability.

  • Jonathan Shapiro

March 2022

Diane Tate, CEO of the Australian Finance Industry Association, says the BNPL Code of Practice should not include payday lenders.

Payday lenders give buy now, pay later a bad reputation: AFIA

Buy now, pay later industry stalwarts are upset that newer lenders are muscling in on their success, as consumer groups call for tougher regulation.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Brian Hartzer, former CEO of Westpac has returned to the fray as the chairman of a buy-now-pay-later company,

Beforepay investors like what they see

Shares in the ASX-listed buy now, pay later company have plunged 70 per cent since listing but key investors are piling in.

  • Michael Roddan
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Brian Hartzer chairs payday lender Beforepay, which has so far been nothing but a disappointment for investors.

Beforepay’s broker slashes its price target

It’s a mere six weeks since the payday lender’s disastrous IPO.

  • Myriam Robin

February 2022

Westpac’s Carolyn McCann seems to think ESG stands for “external stakeholders are gullible”.

Westpac cooks another set of numbers

The bank already had a sparkling reputation for corporate social irresponsibility.

  • Joe Aston
Westpac CEO Peter King is trying to fix mistakes, simplify the business and restore performance.

Westpac languishes at half the value of CBA after lost decade

Australia’s oldest bank was once the country’s biggest and best performing. Now, it trades at the largest discount to its big four peers in history.

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  • Tony Boyd

December 2021

Former Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer has joined Sayers as a senior adviser to clients.

The 10 most memorable Lunches with the AFR in 2021

After a year of Zoom lunches, 2021’s Lunch with the AFR was able to return to an in-person affair. And this year’s subjects didn’t hold back on some of the biggest issues.

November 2021

Visa is investing in start-ups beyond its core payments system, under a “network of networks” strategy.

Visa joins NAB, Westpac, Salesforce at data start-up Basiq

Visa’s investment in the data capture start-up comes after it acquired Tink of Sweden but had its acquisition of Plaid knocked back in the United States.

  • James Eyers

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