Brian Hartzer
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.
- by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Latest
‘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.
- by Cara Waters
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.
- by Cara Waters
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.
- by Clancy Yeates
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.
- by Clancy Yeates
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.
- by Cara Waters
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.
- by Sarah Danckert
Mike Baird privately rules out return to politics after quitting NAB
The former NSW premier is stepping down as the bank's chief customer officer after three years in the job.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Exclusive
Start-ups
Police freeze $26m of Aussie tech unicorn's funds after alleged fraud
Local fintech Airwallex is fighting to overturn a Hong Kong police order freezing $26 million of its funds following an alleged fraud.
- by Cara Waters
Opinion
AUSTRAC crackdown
Peter Nash firms as favourite to become Westpac's next chairman
In many respects the former KPMG partner has become Westpac’s accidental chairman - elevated to the job after others were eliminated.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Banking royal commission
The banking Royal Commission has failed – Westpac is proof
The Westpac scandal has shown us that nothing short of serious structural reform will deliver the kind of change that the Australian people deserve.
- by Peter Whish-Wilson
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