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Which AI course should I do?
When it comes to learning about generative AI, there are many options for upskilling. What’s the best course for business leaders and board directors?
August 2024
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.
July 2024
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.
May 2024
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.
March 2024
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’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.
Hartzer joins Woolworths’ Quantium Health as CEO
Former Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has taken the reins at data analytics player Quantium Health.
October 2023
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.
August 2023
‘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.
April 2023
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.
March 2023
Westpac sticks with Kiwi bourse’s dumped chairman
As if Westpac didn’t have enough money-laundering headaches of its own.
September 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.
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.
April 2022
Beforepay shares jump on declining loss rates
The fintech says it’s adding users and paring back losses on its long road to profitability.
March 2022
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.
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.
Beforepay’s broker slashes its price target
It’s a mere six weeks since the payday lender’s disastrous IPO.
February 2022
Westpac cooks another set of numbers
The bank already had a sparkling reputation for corporate social irresponsibility.
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.
December 2021
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.