ANZ Bank

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Template:Infobox Company The ANZ Bank (Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Limited) is the third largest bank in Australia, after the National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank. In addition to operations throughout Australia and New Zealand (where the legal entity became known as the ANZ National Bank Group Ltd in 2004), it also extends itself to twenty-five other nations.

ANZ is of the ten largest and most successful companies in Australia and the leading bank and largest company in New Zealand. It is also the one of the leading banks in the South Pacific and in Asia.

ANZ was recently awarded the title of Bank of the Year for the 6th year in a row by Australia's Money Magazine.

Other countries

Other countries where you will find ANZ branches:

American Samoa China Cook Islands Fiji France Germany Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Kiribati Korea Malaysia Papua New Guinea

Philippines Samoa Singapore Solomon Islands Taiwan Thailand Timor Leste Tonga United Kingdom United States Vanuatu Vietnam

History

• 1835: ANZ began in London when The Bank of Australasia was established under Royal charter
• 1837:The Union Bank of Australia was established. This was an Anglo-Australian bank
• 1852: The English, Scottish and Australian Bank was established in 1852. This was an Anglo-Australian bank
• 1951: The Bank of Australasia merges with the Union Bank of Australia to form ANZ Bank
• 1966: Starts operations in Honiara, Solomon Islands
• 1968: Opens office in New York, USA
• 1969: Establishes representative office in Tokyo, Japan
• 1970:

In what was then the largest merger in Australian banking history, ANZ Bank merged with the English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited to form the present organisation, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

Starts operations in Vanuatu

• 1971: Opens representative office in Malaysia
• 1976: ANZ (PNG) established
• 1977: ANZ incorporated in Australia (transfer from UK)
• 1979: Acquires the Bank of Adelaide
• 1980: Singapore and New York representative offices upgraded to branch status
• 1984: Purchases Grindlays Bank
• 1985:

Acquires Barclays’ operations in Fiji and Vanuatu

Receives full commercial banking licence and opens branch in Frankfurt, Germany

Announces ANZ Singapore Limited

Opens representative office in Bangkok, Thailand

• 1988:

Opens branch in Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Opens branch office in Paris, France

• 1989: Purchases PostBank from New Zealand Government
• 1990:

Acquires National Mutual Royal Bank Limited

Acquires Lloyds’ operations in Papua New Guinea

Acquires Bank of New Zealand’s operations in Fiji

Acquires Town and Country Building Society in Western Australia

• 1991:

Acquires 75 per cent of Bank of Western Samoa

Opens representative office in the Philippines

• 1993:

Joint venture established with PT Panin Bank, Indonesia

Opens a branch in Hanoi and a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Opens a branch in Shanghai and a representative office in Guangzhou, China

Starts operations in Tonga

• 1995: Opens a commercial banking branch in Manila, Philippines, the first Australian and New Zealand bank to do so

• 1996:

www.anz.com launched

ANZ opens its second Vietnamese branch at Ho Chi Minh City

• 1997:

John McFarlane appointed Chief Executive Officer

ANZ Phone Banking launched

Official opening of Beijing branch, China

Bank of Western Samoa changes its name to ANZ Bank (Samoa)

• 1998: Acquires stake in PT Panin Bank, Indonesia

• 1999:

ANZ Internet Banking launched

ANZ announces strategic alliance with E*Trade Australia for online share trading service

Purchases Amerika Samoa Bank

• 2000:

ANZ sells its Grindlays businesses in the Middle East and South Asia, and associated Grindlays Private : : Banking business, to Standard Chartered

Granted local currency (Renminbi) licence from the People’s Bank of China

• 2001:

Acquires 75 per cent of Bank of Kiribati

ANZ Timor Leste opens

Establishes cards business in Hong Kong

• 2002:

Forms joint venture with ING Group for funds management and life insurance business in Australia and New Zealand

One millionth customer registers for ANZ Internet Banking in Australia

• 2003: Acquires National Bank of New Zealandid:ANZ

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