ANZ Banking Group

240 results about this entity

Period: 10 Nov 2006 - 28 Nov 2024

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ANZ chief data officer Emma Gray promoted to group executive, data and automation

ANZ today announced the appointment of Emma Gray to the Group Executive Committee in a newly-created role as Group Executive Data and Automation.

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ANZ to create dedcicated hotline for business customers seeking Covid-19 relief

ANZ today announced it would establish a dedicated hotline to help small and medium business customers who are eligible for the Federal Government’s Job Keeper payments.

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ANZ venture arm joins $160 million round in Airwallex

Melbourne-based Airwallex has raised a Series D round of $160M, its largest to date, with participation from a group of new investors, including ANZi Ventures - the corporate venture arm of ANZ - and Salesforce Ventures, and several existing investors, including DST Global, Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, Hillhouse Capital and Horizons Ventures

ANZ leads A$2.3 million round in DiviPay

Australian expense management startup DiviPay has raised $2.3 million in a funding round led by ANZ.

ANZ, NAB and Westpac-backed Reinventure invest in digital receipt startup Slyp

Three of Australia's biggest banks have contributed to a $4 million investment round in smart receipt start-up, Slyp.

Oz lenders and IBM team on bank guarantee blockchain platform

ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac are joining forces with IBM and shopping centre giant Scentre Group to pilot a blockchain-based platform for managing bank guarantees.

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ANZ converts 9000 IT staff to agile development

ANZ has completed the roll out of its 'New Ways of Working' programme to Australian technology staff, converting 9000 team members to the benefits of agile development methodologies.

Money 20/20 Asia Q&A: ANZ’s Sreeram Iyer on institutional banking and innovation

Sreeram Iyer, COO of institutional banking at ANZ Banking Group, will be joining other financial services professionals at Money 20/20 Asia in Singapore to discuss the incumbents’ response to insurgents entering the legacy banking ecosystem. Ahead of the panel session, Finextra spoke to Sreeram about partnerships with old and new giants and how to deal with innovation while being threatened by Big Tech corporations.

Carnegie expands technology role at ANZ

ANZ today announced a new management structure for its Australia business designed to help it better navigate the challenges facing the sector, while also ensuring increased organisational alignment to take advantage of current market opportunities.

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Australian banks line up in support of cyber-skills schooling

The Australian Computing Academy (ACA), a University of Sydney centre, today announced the launch of the Schools Cyber Security Challenges (Cyber Challenges), a $1.35 million national program which will see cyber security taught to Years 7-10 students for the first time in Australia.

Big banks back Bud in $20 million funding round

Open Banking outfit Bud has raised $20 million with the support of Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ANZ, Banco Sabadell and Investec, as well as Lord Fink, the former chief executive of hedge fund Man Group, and 9Yards Capital.

ANZ extends Apple Pay offering with eftpos choice

From today, millions of ANZ’s debit cardholders can now choose eftpos when paying with Apple Pay on an iPhone or Apple Watch.