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2021
Australian regulator sues ANZ over promised customer benefits
Australia’s corporate regulator said it was suing ANZ for allegedly failing to provide more than half a million customers with promised benefits, including fee waivers and interest rate discounts. The regulator and ANZ said they would submit that a A$25 million penalty was appropriate.
2021
ASIC sues ANZ over home-loan referral practices
ASIC commenced Federal Court proceedings against ANZ, alleging breaches of credit laws related to referrals through its home-loan introducer program and referrals from unlicensed individuals. ASIC also alleged that some documents provided were fraudulent.
2021
ANZ appoints divisional CIO for Australia
ANZ Banking Group appointed Paul White to the newly created role of divisional chief information officer, Australia. He was set to begin the position at the end of November.
2021
ANZ appoints sustainable finance director in Singapore
ANZ appointed Mara Chiorean as director of sustainable finance, based in Singapore.
2021
ANZ announces planned China workforce reduction
ANZ told employees that it planned to cut 850 jobs in China over the following 18 months, which the article says would halve its workforce there.
2021
Bud partnership with ANZ for financial data categorisation
Bud announced a strategic partnership with ANZ under which the bank would adopt Bud’s aggregation and categorisation service to process applicants’ statements and break down income and expenses.
2020
Trader sues ANZ for defamation
Bogac Ozdemir sued ANZ for defamation over the bank's criticism of one of his social media posts and is seeking damages of at least US$20 million. The article says he filed the civil action in New York and that ANZ had not yet filed a response.
2020
Shinsei Bank agrees to acquire UDC Finance from ANZ
ANZ New Zealand said it had agreed to sell UDC Finance to Japan's Shinsei Bank for NZ$762 million; the deal is subject to regulatory approval.
2020
Techcombank receives $500 million syndicated loan
Techcombank received full disbursement of its inaugural $500 million syndicated offshore loan facility. The proceeds are for general corporate and working capital purposes.
2019
ANZ completes sale of wealth arm to IOOF
ANZ completed the sale of its pensions and investments arm to IOOF after reducing the asking price by $125 million. The source does not state the completion date.