Business Summary

Westpac stands as Australia’s first bank, having started life in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales. Since then, it has grown to become one of the country’s ‘Big Four’ (servicing more than 13-million customers) and one of the largest banks in New Zealand. These two countries remain Westpac’s primary focus (indeed - it is rolling back some of its global interests as part of a simplification process). Its offering spans business, institutional and consumer banking. However, the bank now also provides a suite of financial management and wealth building services, which complement the company’s goal to help its customers succeed. Westpac aims to ‘back a stronger Australia’ and to that end has set out a 2021- 2023 Sustainability Strategy.