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

1835

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

1837

Union Bank Of Australia Was 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

Opened Representative Office In Tokyo, Japan.

1970

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

Started Business In Vanuatu.

1971

Opened A Representative Office In Malaysia.

1976

ANZ New Zealand (Papua New Guinea) Was Established.

1977

ANZ Was Transferred From The United Kingdom To Australia.

1979

Acquisition Of Bank Of Adelaide.

1980

Upgraded To Branch Offices In Singapore And New York.

1984

Acquisition Of Grindlays Bank.

1985

Acquisition Of Barclays' Operations In Fiji And Vanuatu.

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

ANZ Announces Opening Of ANZ Singapore Limited.

Opening Of 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 Operations In Papua New Guinea.

Acquisition Of Bank Of New Zealand Operations In Fiji.

Acquired City And Country Building Society In Western Australia.

1991

Acquired 75% Of Bank Of Western Samoa.

Opened A Representative Office In The Philippines.

1993

Joint Venture Established Indonesia PT Panin Bank.

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

Opened A Shanghai Branch In 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 Launched Telephone Banking.

Beijing Branch, China Officially Opened.

Bank Of Western Samoa Changed Its Name To ANZ Samoa.

1998

Acquired A Stake In Indonesia PT Panin Bank.

1999

ANZ Launches Online Banking.

ANZ And E * TRADE Australia Announce A Strategic Alliance In Online Stock Trading Services.

Acquisition Of American Samoa Bank.

2000

ANZ Sells Its Grindlays Business In The Middle East And South Asia, As Well As Related Grindlays Private Banking Business To Standard Chartered.

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

2001

Acquisition Of A 75% Stake In Bank Of Kiribati.

ANZ East Timor Branch Opened.

2002

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

Registered With Client 1 Million Of ANZ Online Banking In Australia.

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

2003

Acquired National Bank Of New Zealand From Lloyds Corporation.

Signed A Cooperation Agreement With Shanghai Rural Credit Cooperatives Union.

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

Release Of Australia's First Survey Of Adult Financial Culture.

2004

Record Operating Profit After Tax AUD 28.5 Million.

Joint Venture Bank With Royal Group In Cambodia.

Designated Bank Of The Year For Personal Investor Magazine For The Fifth Consecutive Year.

2005

Strategic Alliance With Sacombank Vietnam.

Opening Of A Representative Office In Noumea, New Caledonia.

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

2006

Completed A 20% Investment In Tianjin City Commercial Bank In China.

Achieved Top 3 In Expectations For The Corporate Responsibility Index.

Launched A Progressive Loan Scheme For Low-income Individuals.

Committed To Issue A Statement Of Settlement.

2007

Appointed Minggao Shao As Chief Executive Officer.

Achieved Expectations For The Leading Dow Jones Sustainability Index In The Global Bank Rankings.

Completed The Acquisition Of E * TRADE Australia.

Completed Investments In AmInvestment Group In Malaysia, Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank In China, Saigon Securities Inc. In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, And ANZ Vientiane Commercial Bank In Laos.

2008

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

2010

ANZ (China) Co., Ltd. Was Established.

2012

October 28 Annexation Of National Bank Of New Zealand.

2016

DBS Bank Announced That It Has Acquired 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

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.
• Announced On April 19, 2010 That The Chinese Name Was Officially Changed To "ANZ Bank".
• May 15, 2010 Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Retail, Wealth Management And Commercial Businesses In Singapore.
• June 14, 2010 Completed The Acquisition Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's Retail, Wealth Management And Commercial Businesses In Indonesia.
• 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 Approximately S $110 Million, Equivalent To NT $2.40 Billion.
• Holds 24% (710 Million 6.80 Million Shares) Of AmBank, The Fifth Largest Bank In Malaysia.
• Holds 100% Of Indonesia ANZ Indonesia.
• November 09, 2016 ANZ Asia Pacific (including Taiwan) Credit Card Division Was Transferred To DBS Bank, And Its Body Will Be Transferred To Australia And Europe.
• Holds 39.2% Of Indonesia Panin Bank.
• Holds 11.9% Of Bank Of Tianjin.
• 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 AUD 1.84 Billion, Equivalent To Approximately US $1.32 Billion (approximately HK $10.20 Billion) (RMB 9.19 Billion).
• In December 2017, ANZ Taiwan Was Fully Merged Into DBS Taiwan And Exited The Taiwan Market.