| Description |
407 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Historical prologue -- The threat of nationalisation -- The challenge of regulation -- Managing liquidity -- The Savings Bank -- The Wales and AGC -- Running the Bank -- Regulation in New Zealand -- The tide starts to turn -- Bank mechanisation and the computer age -- The Wales meets Big Blue -- Retail banking, technology and culture -- Redefining the Bank -- Wotan and Bermuda -- The birth of Westpac -- Automatic tellers and plastic money -- Banking on software -- A confident young bank -- Westpac goes international -- The home front in the 1980s -- AGC and deregulation -- Subsidiaries and succession -- Things steam ahead -- Things fall apart -- A very exciting year -- Recovery and renmewal -- Conclusion -- Appendixes |
| Summary |
This book tells the story of the Bank of New South Wales and its successor, Westpac, from its fight against nationalisation after the Second World War ; through the government regulation and economic prosperity of the 1950s and '60s ; the mineral boom, oil shock and credit squeeze of the 1970s ; the challenge and excitement of financial deregulation in the 1980s ; the financial crashes and horrific losses of the 1990s ; and the Bank's triumphant recovery and renewal as it enters its third century |
| Analysis |
Westpac Banking Corp |
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Company management |
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Financial management |
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History, 1946-1999 |
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Statistics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Westpac Banking Corporation -- History.
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Banks and banking -- Australia -- History.
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| Author |
Salsbury, Stephen.
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Westpac Banking Corporation.
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| ISBN |
0868407917 |
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