The Latest Breaking News from Westpac

Bank customers can no longer make payments to the cryptocurrency exchange, in a move to reduce scams

The Reserve Bank is prepared to hike interest rates again in June, but has signalled mortgage bills may now be high enough cool inflation.

Consumers remain down in the dumps after the 2023/24 federal budget failed to meet the expectations of those under financial stress.

The Government's steps to make food prices more internationally competitive won't be enough – it needs to open up the wholesale chain and force supermarkets to sell stores, says a new Westpac NZ report.

Headlines stoked fears of ‘stimulatory’ measures but you only need to look at the big banks and markets to see the reception was calm

Months after postponing the closures because of an ongoing Senate inquiry, the bank has announced that branches in several states will remain open indefinitely.

Westpac is raising its dividend 15 per cent to 70c per share as CEO Peter King says it has become a "simpler, stronger bank".

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The Australian share market has closed higher after Westpac posted a $4 billion profit in its half-yearly results. Look back on the day's events as they happened with our blog.

Some of Australia’s big banks are posting gargantuan profits this week as rising mortgage bills fatten their coffers.

The US Federal Trade Commission has unveiled a proposal that would bar social media giant Meta from profiting off the personal data collected from child users. The FTC is accusing Facebook and Instagram's parent company of repeated violations of data privacy policies. Also in the show, regional US lender WestPac…