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Westpac: 18% (2022) [6] Sydney, Australia: WBC NZ Branch: 1 April 1987 New Zealand registered branch of offshore banking group Auckland, New Zealand: Heartland Bank: 17 December 2012 New Zealand listed retail bank: Publicly listed on New Zealand Exchange: 0.7% (2022) Auckland, New Zealand: Kiwibank: 29 November 2001 New Zealand State owned ...
Westpac Banking Corporation, also known as Westpac, is an Australian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered at Westpac Place in Sydney, New South Wales. [ 2 ] Established in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales , it acquired the Commercial Bank of Australia in 1981 before being renamed to Westpac Banking Corporation ...
The Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac) followed Union Bank of Australia and establishing its presence in Auckland in 1841. [2] The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) was established in 1861 and became the government's banker. The BNZ played a crucial role in supporting economic activities such as infrastructure development and agricultural growth. [2]
In 2002, New Zealand Post, as part of government policy, opened the bank Kiwibank Limited in the majority of its PostShop and Books and More (now Take Note) branches. Kiwibank is wholly owned by New Zealand Post through subsidiaries. [17] New Zealand Post and Kiwibank shop at The Palms shopping centre in Shirley, Christchurch
PostBank shared many operating characteristics with the later Kiwibank, a bank which initially operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned enterprise, New Zealand Post Limited. Later, Kiwibank and New Zealand Post started a process of no longer co-locating, with Kiwibank opening 13 stand-alone premises.
Westpac New Zealand, known simply as Westpac, is a New Zealand bank that is a subsidiary of the Australian Westpac Banking Corporation. The bank is one of New Zealand's big four banks . It operates under the same brand as its parent but is operationally separated as required by the New Zealand banking regulator the Reserve Bank of New Zealand .
Kiwibank Limited is a New Zealand state-owned bank and financial services provider. As of 2023, Kiwibank is the fifth-largest bank in New Zealand by assets, and the largest New Zealand-owned bank, with a market share of approximately 9%. [4] In December 2023, the bank's assets totaled about $35 billion. [5]
In 2001 Bank of Hawaii sold its interest in Pacific Commercial Bank (42.7%) to Westpac, which held an equal portion. WBC offered Samoan investors, who held the remaining shares, the same price it had paid Bank of Hawaii. Westpac ended up owning 93.5% of Westpac Bank Samoa and Samoan companies and individuals owned 6.5%. In Tonga, Bank of Hawaii ...