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Carolina started her business with all her savings and a credit card

While in between jobs, Carolina thought it “was the perfect opportunity to give [her own business] a good go.”
 

Seven years later, she has nine fashion stores across Sydney – “six stores are kiosk format, two stores like the one in Neutral Bay and we also have our online store”. Carolina chose Westpac as her bank because when she was shopping for a bank, she came across Mario at our Leichardt branch, and “he was really interested in what I wanted to do.”

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Gina provides ethically sourced coffees to 200+ cafes

Gina provides her customers ethically sourced coffee beans from around the world. She has over 18 years of experience in the industry and built a large network of 200+ cafes. When Gina “picked up a very large customer at one point and it required a lot of equipment. [Westpac] provided a solution for equipment finance which beat most other finance companies.”

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Rolf from Marley Spoon speaks about his foreign exchange experience

Rolf manages Marley Spoon in Australia and they “bring delightful, market fresh and easy cooking back to the people.” Marley Spoon Australia has “approximately 230 people across 3 locations and serve some 500,000 meals per month in Australia.”
 

Rolf shared “We do everything online. We are a global company and our CFO sits in Berlin and he has access to our bank accounts, so that makes things very easy. My local accountant sets up all the payments, so I can easily control that.  We have opportunities for when I’m not there that somebody else can approve payments, so online banking has been critical for us.”

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Ryan shares General Assembly’s Australian growth story

Ryan explained “General Assembly started as an education company in New York City in 2011. Shortly afterwards, we opened our doors in Australia. We help individuals solve the existential crisis of the modern economy. In Australia alone since our inception we’ve helped about 400 people land jobs as web developers, another 600 as user experience designers.”
 

“In Sydney, Westpac has been essential to the growth of General Assembly. As of last year we were at a much smaller campus down the street which we really had outgrown about 2 years prior. We were bursting at the seams, we had an office located at one place, we had a campus in another place and it was really a disjointed footprint. When we decided that we wanted to grow in Sydney, we spoke with Westpac and we were able to secure a bank guarantee that allowed us to take on the building that we’re in today.”

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Amee makes delicious raw treats on Sydney’s Northern Beaches

When Amee found herself not walking properly, she knew something had to change, so she cut out refined sugar, dairy and gluten from her diet. Fully recovered and inspired by her travels to Byron Bay, she created Love Raw Treats three years ago for people who have a “mega sweet tooth”.

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Nicole shares how her banking went from personal to business

As Director of Insearch Talent Solutions, Nicole “helps candidates find the best possible role they can.” She started the business in 2011, and has “been in recruitment for 25 years with a passion for really helping people find their roles.”

Nicole keeps her personal and business bank accounts separate. She said “I have two different business accounts with Westpac. One is a savings account which I keep my tax in and the other bank account is just for general spending. It’s all online and I find that really simple and easy to pay people.”

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Sasha speaks about how her business went from 50 to 1,500 swimmers

A swimmer herself, Sasha found a natural fit between the brand of her swim school business and Westpac’s Rescue Helicopter Service. Her business started with 50 children in 2007. 11 years later In the Deep has grown to 1,500 children who are learning to swim.

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