July 2022
Shayne Elliott, top gun actor
Around the market, people tend to like the ANZ CEO. That’s because he tells them what they want to hear.
Tech-savvy big banks fend off neobank threat
CBA, ANZ, Westpac, NAB and AMP say they have embraced the start-up ethos, while retaining the advantages of their scale to help fend off the rise of neobanks.
June 2022
The women in the running to be the next big bank CEO
The pool of senior female bankers who could step up to run one of the major lenders has never been bigger.
May 2022
On-demand video: Banks on the recovery and reshaping their future
The Australian Financial Review Banking Summit 2022 challenges Australia’s most influential banking leaders.
Ugly twin of buy now, pay later is raising its head
ANZ’s head of retail banking, Maile Carnegie, says its customers who use buy now, pay later services are twice as likely to default as others.
ANZ makes a virtue of housing fail
ANZ’s struggle to turn around its housing business is not necessarily a bad thing, according to CEO Shayne Elliott, who says it is a good time to have a portfolio of businesses.
March 2022
ANZ Plus in wretched debut
The bank’s new app went live on Wednesday with functionality not so much rudimentary as non-existent.
ANZ unveils banking app as board looks to future
Chief executive Shayne Elliott says the bank’s investment in technology will set up the institution for the next two decades.
ANZ sets itself up for more failure
ANZ Plus is the comically meagre product of Maile Carnegie’s nearly six years as ANZ’s chief digital officer.
ANZ moves the CEO succession pieces
Big moves in the upper management ranks of ANZ Banking Group have raised the possibility that a woman might run the bank for the first time in its 187 years.
From selling razors to Google star; Maile Carnegie rises to ANZ peak
It seemed risky when Shayne Elliott poached her from Google, but former colleagues say she had proven her mettle after leaving Procter & Gamble.
ANZ executive Mark Hand exits, Maile Carnegie steps up
Maile Carnegie, ANZ’s new head of retail banking, says a key priority is getting mortgages back on track and launching a new digital home loan in ANZ Plus.
February 2022
ANZ’s Shayne Elliott plans to stick around
ANZ chief executive has told his direct reports he’s not retiring “any time soon”.