Brian Hartzer

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City life

The innocuous vote that exposed the murky world of council donations

How a debate about an “ugly duckling” South Yarra apartment building offered a peek into the largely hidden world of campaign donations at City of Melbourne.

5 months ago
Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter

Latest

A screenshot of website mypaynow.com.au.

Short-term loans

‘Up there with pay day loans’: Calls for crackdown on wage advance apps

“Nobody likes waiting” is the slogan salary based buy now, pay later startup MyPayNow broadcast across prime time television as a sponsor of top rating show Married At First Sight.

July 20, 2021
Cara Waters

Mys Tyler founder Sarah Neill said she is not very fashionable despite starting a fashion tech startup.

Entrepreneur

Tackling the ‘fit dilemma’ with fashion tech

Fashion tech startup Mys Tyler wants to help women find fashion inspiration to suit their dimensions, as well as their style.

June 8, 2021
Cara Waters

Fintech

Westpac’s Coinbase windfall ‘icing on the cake’: Hartzer

Former Westpac chief Brian Hartzer has reasons to feel pleased about the payday Westpac is about to pocket from its investment in Coinbase.

April 15, 2021
Clancy Yeates

Westpac has a minority stake in Coinbase, which is set to float next week.

Fintech

Westpac set for windfall in US Coinbase float

Westpac is set to reap a hefty windfall from the looming float of Coinbase, after the United States cryptocurrency giant revealed a surge in quarterly profits.

April 7, 2021
Clancy Yeates

Former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer is an investor in Pathzero.

Start-ups

Former Westpac boss Hartzer backs climate startup

Former Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer and former GetUp! director and activist Simon Sheikh have emerged as an unlikely pair of investors in Sydney-based Pathzero.

October 8, 2020
Cara Waters

Westpac is one of many banks around the world to fall afoul of anti-money laundering laws, but until recently that didn't mean much in Australia.

Analysis
AUSTRAC crackdown

Hardening up: How AUSTRAC became the toughest cop on the beat

AUSTRAC has secured a record-breaking fine from Westpac and is now cemented as the toughest regulator in Australia. But up until a few years ago it was barely on the radar of Australian companies.