Corporate & institutional

Retailers to face a less challenging environment.

Card activity lifts slightly but momentum remains unconvincing.

Ahead of this week’s RBNZ policy review, our survey finds that offshore clients remain more dovish than locals. However, there is an awareness of global factors that could curtail the easing cycle.

Banks are moving fast, embedding new technologies to embrace the push to real-time payments that’s coming from customers, regulators, payment schemes, and new competition within Australia and across the globe. The impact is transformational and will provide better outcomes for both consumers and large institutions.

In this quarter’s Sustainable Finance Market Update, we cover trends in sustainable debt issuance globally and in the Australian-New Zealand markets, as well as industry insights such as updates to the Green Star Performance for building sustainability and ASFI’s progress on the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.

No matter how legitimate a request looks, Westpac is urging customers to be alert to scammers. Here’s how.