Tag: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

ANZ ends its $3 billion share buy-back program
March 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ ends its $3 billion share buy-back program

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has announced on Friday (March 22) that it has completed its $3 billion on-market share buy-back with 108.7 million ordinary shares purchased under the program that commenced in January 2018. This equates to approximately a 3.7% reduction in ordinary shares on issue. ANZ Chief Financial Officer…

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ANZ launches smartphone ATM access in Australia
September 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ launches smartphone ATM access in Australia

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has announced a new way for customers to access cash on the go, using only their smartphone or watch at 2,400 ATMs across Australia. ANZ customers will be able to withdraw cash from ANZ ATMs using their preferred mobile payments device instead of plastic cards across…

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Regulation
September 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC commences civil penalty proceedings against ANZ

Australian regulator ASIC has today commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) for an alleged continuous disclosure breach in relation to a $2.5 billion institutional share placement undertaken by the ANZ in 2015. On 6 August 2015, ANZ issued a release to the…

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ANZ ends its $3 billion share buy-back program
January 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ agrees to sell UDC Finance

Commercial banking company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ (ASX:ANZ) announced an agreement to sell UDC Finance, the asset finance business of its wholly owned subsidiary ANZ Bank New Zealand, to HNA Group, a global company focused on tourism, logistics and financial services. The sale reflects a continued focus by ANZ…

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December 16, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ Director Ian Macfarlane retires

Commercial banking company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ (ASX:ANZ), today announced that having served almost ten years on the ANZ Board, Ian Macfarlane will retire as a Non-Executive Director at the conclusion of the 2016 Annual General Meeting being held today. Chairman of the Board, David Gonski commented: Ian has…

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November 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ and ACCC reach settlement over Singapore submissions for Malaysian Ringgit derivatives trading

Commercial banking company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ (ASX:ANZ), has announced it has reached an agreed settlement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in relation to conduct associated with Non-Deliverable Forward FX contracts for the Malaysian Ringgit undertaken in Singapore during 2011. In a Statement of Agreed Facts…

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November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ replaces CIO with Dimension Data cloud chief Gerard Florian

Commercial banking company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ (ASX:ANZ), has announced the appointment of Gerard Florian as Group Executive Technology reporting to Chief Executive Officer Shayne Elliott. Florian joins ANZ from Dimension Data where he was Chief Strategy Officer for the global Cloud Business Unit. Over the past five years,…

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