Westpac now

Since its inception the bank and Australia have been partners in progress. Westpac has a proud role in supporting our community and fully accepts our responsibility to fulfil our wider corporate social responsibilities.

Together Westpac and the nation have prospered in the good times and worked through the bad. From the time of its establishment, the Bank and community have supported each other. At times the Bank has had to restructure its organisation and consolidate its position, but it has never shut its doors. From establishing branches where no towns existed, or meeting the challenge of increasing competition in the 1990s, Westpac has been a pioneer and a participant, and the tradition continues. Established in 1817 as Governor Macquarie's 'Great Colonial Undertaking', it continues to embody the values and traditions which have served it so well throughout its history: integrity, trust and confidence, commitment to customers employees and the community, and leadership through innovation.

For more information of Westpac's present day activities, a brief overview is available.