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1 day ago · Westpac, as a founding member of the Alliance in 2000, is playing a part in closing the finance gap. In 2023, Westpac Business Lending announced new measures including loans dedicated to helping small businesses get started or to grow. These measures also help support Westpac's $500 million commitment to back more women in business.
1 day ago · Westpac Pacific banking managing director Emma Low on Tuesday said the bank recognised Australian companies played a “strong and active” role in the economies of its Pacific Island neighbours.
1 day ago · The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index fell 1.1% in July, compared to a 1.7% rise in the prior month. Sentiment was battered chiefly by three consecutive months of stronger-than-expected inflation prints, which ramped up expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia could hike rates further this year.
1 day ago · BRISBANE (July 9): Australia on Tuesday pledged to boost investments in Pacific Island countries to support their banking systems after global financial firms limit services with them, citing risks, at a time when China is looking to increase its influence in the region. Some Western banks have ended long-term relationships with their ...
1 day ago · ANZ bank is in talks with the Australian government about ways to make its business in the Pacific Islands more viable as an exodus of Western financial services fuels concern about rising...
7 hours ago · Australia is providing $6.3 million to strengthen banking services in the Pacific, ensuring financial infrastructure remains operational across the region. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the funding, emphasizing the importance of Australian banks like Westpac and ANZ in the Pacific. "The message we are sending
1 day ago · The Reserve Bank started lifting interest rates in May 2022 to combat inflation, ... Westpac’s head of Australian macro-forecasting, Matthew Hassan, ...
