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A decade of Banking Summit front pages
Here’s how The Australian Financial Review told the story of a decade of momentous developments in banking and finance.
December 2023
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Brian Hartzer’s warning to AI wannabes
The former Westpac boss, who is now CEO of Quantium Health, says effective AI use for companies is all about balance.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Hartzer joins Woolworths’ Quantium Health as CEO
Former Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has taken the reins at data analytics player Quantium Health.
- Lucas Baird
October 2023
- Updated
- Executive shake-up
Steven Gregg to succeed Westpac chairman McFarlane
The chairman of Ampol will take the top board seat at Westpac from next month and will be leaving his post as chairman of Lottery Corp.
- Lucas Baird
August 2023
‘Fake it till you make it’ is terrible advice, says this bank CEO
Melanie Evans, the Australian CEO of Dutch banking behemoth ING, says young people who want to get ahead should be ready to put in some hard work.
- Patrick Durkin
April 2023
The weird and wonderful world of EML Payments
EML has a piercing migraine’s worth of anti-money laundering compliance issues and a cast from the bar scene in Star Wars.
- Joe Aston
March 2023
Westpac sticks with Kiwi bourse’s dumped chairman
As if Westpac didn’t have enough money-laundering headaches of its own.
- Myriam Robin
September 2022
Queen’s death causes many brain explosions
The four days since her death have been a spectacle of dubiously pertinent Australians attempting to deal themselves into the story.
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Queen’s banker: my lunch with Her Majesty
Brian Hartzer was privileged to sit next to Queen Elizabeth II at lunch in the dining room of Coutts & Co in London a decade ago. It gave him insights into her curiosity and love of Australia.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
April 2022
Beforepay shares jump on declining loss rates
The fintech says it’s adding users and paring back losses on its long road to profitability.
- Jonathan Shapiro
March 2022
Payday lenders give buy now, pay later a bad reputation: AFIA
Buy now, pay later industry stalwarts are upset that newer lenders are muscling in on their success, as consumer groups call for tougher regulation.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Beforepay investors like what they see
Shares in the ASX-listed buy now, pay later company have plunged 70 per cent since listing but key investors are piling in.
- Michael Roddan
Beforepay’s broker slashes its price target
It’s a mere six weeks since the payday lender’s disastrous IPO.
- Myriam Robin
February 2022
Westpac cooks another set of numbers
The bank already had a sparkling reputation for corporate social irresponsibility.
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Westpac languishes at half the value of CBA after lost decade
Australia’s oldest bank was once the country’s biggest and best performing. Now, it trades at the largest discount to its big four peers in history.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
December 2021
The 10 most memorable Lunches with the AFR in 2021
After a year of Zoom lunches, 2021’s Lunch with the AFR was able to return to an in-person affair. And this year’s subjects didn’t hold back on some of the biggest issues.
November 2021
Visa joins NAB, Westpac, Salesforce at data start-up Basiq
Visa’s investment in the data capture start-up comes after it acquired Tink of Sweden but had its acquisition of Plaid knocked back in the United States.
- James Eyers
Brian Hartzer runs a tight ship, again
A board meeting running overtime meant Beforepay’s chief couldn’t find time to speak to this newspaper as its prospectus dropped.
- Michael Roddan
- Analysis
- Due diligence
Beforepay goes for the broke with late-season IPO
The start-up’s brokers hope to pull off an end-of-year miracle by convincing clients to buy a loss-making payday lender facing a multitude of existential threats.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Michael Roddan
Brian Hartzer-chaired Beforepay firms up IPO terms
Salary-based buy now, pay later outfit Beforepay flashed IPO terms to fund managers this week.
- Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood
