ANZ Banking Group - News, Articles & Research

FS giants test blockchain and AI to tackle $58bn corporate actions problem

A host of banking and capital market players - including Swift, the DTCC and UBS - have closed out the second stage of a Chainlink-led project to use AI and blockchain technology to standardise and streamline corporate actions processing.

29 September 2025

News/regulation

ANZ savaged by regulator over bond trading data reporting and retail failings

ANZ is facing $240 million in penalties over misreporting of bond trading data to the Australian government and 'widespread misconduct' across retail products and services.

15 September 2025

News/people

ANZ to cut 3500 jobs

ANZ is to cut 3500 jobs over the next 12 months, marking a 14% reduction in the Australian lender's workforce.

09 September 2025

News/people

ANZ staff learn of their dismissal in botched email

Senior staff in the retail division of ANZ learned of their forthcoming redundancy when they received an automated e-mail asking them to return their work laptops, before they had received any formal exit notice.

28 August 2025

News/security

ANZ introduces 'Digital Padlock' to lock out cyber criminals

ANZ has introduced a 'Digital Padlock', which enables customers to shut down access to accounts if they suspect they are being scammed.

26 August 2025

News/people

ANZ head of tech to retire

Australian bank ANZ is on the lookout for a new technology head after group executive technology and group services Gerard Florian announced his departure.

26 June 2025

Company announcement/people

Maile Carnegie to retire from ANZ

ANZ today announced Maile Carnegie has decided to retire as Group Executive Australia Retail on 1 July 2025 to focus on non-executive roles after a distinguished 33-year executive career.

19 June 2025

Company announcement/people

ANZ hires Stephen White to run group operations

ANZ today announced the appointment of Stephen White as Group Executive Operations, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Nuno Matos.

03 June 2025

News/security

ANZ scraps passwords for digital banking log-in

ANZ is scrapping password access to its digital banking arm ANZ Plus, replacing key-based log-ins with two-factor authentication.

07 May 2025

Company announcement/retail

Bud works with DataStax and NVIDIA to supercharge real-time insights platform

DataStax, a leading AI platform that helps enterprises and developers build accurate AI applications at scale, has announced that Bud Financial is leveraging the DataStax AI Platform, built with NVIDIA AI, including NVIDIA NeMo Retriever, NVIDIA NIM microservices, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise, to enhance customer experiences for organizations such as ANZ while increasing speed 10x.

19 March 2025

Company announcement/retail

ANZ Plus reaches one million customers

ANZ announced today that ANZ Plus has reached one million customers and nearly $20 billion in deposits, with around 1-in-2 customers being new to ANZ.

17 March 2025

Company announcement/security

ANZ urges Australians to stay alert for scammers following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

As Australians navigate the effects from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, ANZ urges customers and the community to stay alert to scammers impersonating trusted organisations through fake emails, text messages, or phone calls, aiming to exploit those impacted by the natural disaster.

10 March 2025