Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Is A Bank In Australia. It Is One Of The Four Largest Banks In Australia And Is Headquartered In Melbourne. As Of December 2018, The Company's Market Capitalization Is Approximately 68.398 Billion Australian Dollars.

History

ANZ Global Headquarters Building, Located On Queen's Road In Melbourne; Designed By The Famous Architect Peddle Thorp, Is A Model Of Gothic High-rise Architecture In The World Today.

ANZ's New Administrative Headquarters Building In Melbourne's Marina District (right)

1835

• Bank Of Australasia, A Founding Member Of ANZ, Was Established In London By Royal Charter.

1837

• Union Bank Of Australia Established.

1852

• English, Scottish & Australian Bank Established In 1852.

1951

• Bank Of Australasia Merged With Union Bank Of Australia To Form ANZ.

1966

• Started Business In Honiara, Solomon Islands.

1968

• Opened Office In New York, USA.

1969

• Established A Representative Office In Tokyo, Japan.

1970

• ANZ Merged With English, Scottish & Australian Bank Limited To Form What Is Now Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Limited.

• Started Business In Vanuatu.

1971

• Opened A Representative Office In Malaysia.

1976

• New Zealand (PNG) Was Established.

1977

• ANZ Was Transferred From The United Kingdom To Australia.

1979

• Acquisition Of Bank Of Adelaide.

1980

• Upgrading Of Representative Offices In Singapore And New York To Branches.

1984

• Acquisition Of Grindlays Bank.

1985

• Acquisition Of Barclays Bank's Operations In Fiji And Vanuatu.

• Acquisition Of Full Commercial Banking License And Opening Of Branch In Frankfurt, Germany.

• ANZ Announces The Opening Of Singapore Limited.

• Opening Of A Representative Office In Bangkok, Thailand.

1988

• Opening Of A Branch In Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

• Opening Of A Branch In Paris, France.

1989

• Purchase Of PostBank By The Government Of New Zealand.

1990

• Strategic Partnership With Lehman Brothers.

• Acquisition Of National Mutual Royal Bank Limited.

• Acquisition Of Lloyds Bank's Operations In Papua New Guinea.

• Acquisition Of Bank Of New Zealand's Operations In Fiji.

• Acquisition Of Town & Country Building Society In Western Australia.

1991

• Acquisition Of 75% Stake In Westpac Bank Samoa.

• Opening Of A Representative Office In The Philippines.

1993

• Joint Venture To Establish PT Panin Bank In Indonesia.

• Opened A Branch In Hanoi, Vietnam And A Representative Office In Ho Chi Minh City.

• Opened A Branch In Shanghai, China And A Representative Office In Guangzhou.

• Started Business In Tonga.

1995

• Opened A Commercial Banking Branch In Manila, Philippines.

1996

• ANZ Opened Its Second Branch In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

1997

• John MacFarlane Appointed CEO.

• ANZ Launches Telephone Banking.

• Official Opening Of Beijing Branch In China.

• Westpac Bank Samoa Renamed ANZ (Samoa).

1998

• Acquisition Of Equity In Indonesia's PT Panin Bank.

1999

• ANZ Launches Internet Banking.

• ANZ And E * TRADE Australia Announce Strategic Alliance For Online Stock Trading Services.

• Purchase Of American Samoa Bank.

2000

• ANZ Sold Its Grindlays Bank In The Middle East And South Asia, As Well As Related Private Banking Operations To Standard Chartered.

• Granted A Local Currency (RMB) License By The People's Bank Of China.

2001

• Acquisition Of 75% Equity Interest In Kiribati Bank.

• Opening Of ANZ East Timor Branch.

2002

• Form A Joint Venture With ING Group In Fund Management And Life Insurance Business In Australia And New Zealand.

• Registered With ANZ Online Banking 1 Million Customer In Australia.

• Acquisition Of Bank Of Hawaii's Operations In Fiji, Vanuatu And Papua New Guinea.

2003

• Acquisition Of National Bank Of New Zealand From Lloyds TSB.

• Signed A Cooperation Agreement With The Shanghai Rural Credit Cooperative Union.

• Joint Venture With Metrobank To Enter The Credit Card Business In The Philippines.

• Released Australia's First Survey Of Adult Financial Culture.

2004

• Record Operating Profit After Tax AUD 28.5 Million.

• Established A Joint Venture Bank In Cambodia With Royal Group.

• Designated Bank Of The Year For Personal Investment Magazine For The Fifth Consecutive Year.

2005

• Strategic Alliance With Sacombank.

• Opened A Representative Office In Noumea, New Caledonia.

• Extension Of SaverPlus Matched Savings Plan For 500 Low-income Individuals.

2006

• Completed 20% Investment In Tianjin City Commercial Bank, China.

• Achieved The Top 3 Expected For The Corporate Responsibility Index.

• Launch Of The Progressive Loan Program For Low-income Individuals.

• Commitment To Issue A Statement Of Settlement.

2007

• Appointment Of Shao Minggao As CEO.

• Meeting Expectations Of The Leading Dow Jones Sustainability Index In The Global Bank Rankings.

• Completion Of The Acquisition Of Esanda.

• Completion Of Investments In AmInvestment Group In Malaysia, Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank In China, Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corporation In Vietnam And ANZ Vientiane Commercial Bank In Laos.

2008

• The First To Launch The Banking Business GoMoney On The IPhone, Users Can IPhone View Account Information, Transfer Money, Make Payments, Etc.

2010

• Australia And New Zealand Banking Group (China) Limited Was Established.

2012

• October 28 Annexation Of National Bank Of New Zealand.

2016

• DBS Bank Announced The Acquisition Of ANZ's Personal Finance And Wealth Management Business In Five Markets Including Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland And Indonesia For Approximately S $110 Million (approximately NT $2.50 Billion).

2017

• On December 12, ANZ Sold Its OnePath Insurance To Zurich Insurance For AUD 2.85 Billion (US $2.10 Billion).

Asian Business

• Hong Kong Business Since 1970; Indonesia 1973; Singapore 1974; Taiwan 1980; Philippines 1990; And Vietnam 1993.

• Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Corporate Finance Business In The Philippines On November 20, 2009.

• Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Corporate Finance Business In Vietnam On December 7, 2009.

• Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Retail, Wealth Management And Commercial Business In Hong Kong On March 20, 2010.

• Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Retail, Wealth Management, Commercial Business And Corporate Finance Business In Taiwan On April 19, 2010.

• On April 19, 2010, It Was Announced That The Chinese Name Was Officially Changed To "ANZ Bank".

• On May 15, 2010, It Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Retail, Wealth Management And Commercial Business In Singapore.

• On June 14, 2010, It Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Retail, Wealth Management And Commercial Business In Indonesia.

• On October 31, 2016, DBS Bank Announced That It Will Acquire ANZ's Personal Finance And Wealth Management Business In Five Major Markets Including Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland And Indonesia At A Price Higher Than Carrying Value Of About 110 Million Yuan, Equivalent To About 2.40 Billion New Taiwan Dollars.

• On November 09, 2016, ANZ Asia Pacific (including Taiwan) Credit Card Department Was Transferred To DBS Bank, And Its Ontology Will Be Transferred To Australia And Europe And The United States.

• Holds 24% (710 Million 6.80 Million Shares) Of AMMB Holdings Berhad, The Fifth Largest Bank In Malaysia.

• 100% Of ANZ Bank Indonesia Ltd.

• 39.2% Of Panin Bank Indonesia.

• 11.9% Of Tianjin Bank.

• On January 4, 2017, ANZ Sold Its 20% Stake In Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank To Shanghai Sino-Poland Enterprise Management Development Corporation And China COSCO Shipping Corporation For 1.84 Billion Australian Dollars, Equivalent To Approximately 1.32 Billion US Dollars (approximately 10.20 Billion Hong Kong Dollars) (RMB 9.19 Billion).

• In December 2017, ANZ Taiwan Was Fully Merged Into DBS Bank Taiwan And Exited The Taiwan Market.

Branch

Hong Kong

Opened Its Hong Kong Office In 1970 And Currently Has 6 Branches. Provides Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking And Retail Banking, As Well As Local And Foreign Currency Lending, Private Banking, Wealth Management, Foreign Exchange And Trade Finance Services. The Hong Kong Branch Is Also The Head Office For ANZ's Business In Northeast Asia, Which Includes The Chinese Mainland, Japan, Taiwan And South Korea. In 2016, DBS Bank Announced The Acquisition Of ANZ's Personal Finance And Wealth Management Business In Five Markets Including Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland And Indonesia For Approximately S $110 Million (approximately NT $2.50 Billion).

Taiwan

• ANZ Group Established Its First Branch In Taipei City In 1980.

• Signed An Agreement With Royal Bank Of Scotland To Acquire ABN AMRO's Personal Finance, Commercial Finance And Corporate Finance Business In Taiwan In 2009; And Acquired ABN AMRO's Private Banking Business In Taiwan In 2010 To Expand Its Operations In Taiwan.

• In 2013, ANZ Established ANZ Taiwan Commercial Bank As A Subsidiary, With 14 Business Locations In Major Cities In Taiwan.

• In 2016, ANZ Taiwan Commercial Bank's Credit Card, Personal Finance Business, Etc. Were All Transferred To DBS Bank Taiwan.

• In December 2017, ANZ Taiwan Commercial Bank Was Fully Transferred To DBS Bank Taiwan, And ANZ Withdrew From Taiwan Personal Financial Marekt.