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Westpac Institutional Bank is one of Australasia's leading specialist financial services organisations that delivers a broad range of solutions to Commercial, Corporate, Institutional and Public Sector customers with connections to Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and US markets.
Our relationship management teams are focused on providing strategic connections to provide clients with financial solutions in the following industries:
Financial Institutions
Dedicated to helping your business and the broader financial sector deliver great services and achieve success.
Institutional Real Estate
Our team of property specialists draw on extensive sector knowledge to deliver strategic insights and solutions to our clients.
Infrastructure and Utilities
Our Infrastructure & Utilities team has proven success in helping clients succeed in this broad and complex sector.
Public Sector
Years of experience combined with extensive sector knowledge make us the banker of choice for Australia’s public sector.
Natural Resources
With first-hand experience in the Natural Resources sector, our team helps clients maximise growth and minimise risk throughout the cycle.
Health and Aged care
Drawing on our extensive knowledge of Health & Aged Care, we deliver innovative solutions for clients in this high growth sector.
Consumer and Industrials
Our Consumer and Industrials team has a global presence enabling us to meet the needs of our largest clients here in Australia and abroad.
Latest thought leadership articles from Westpac IQ
Surcharging ban: How to get ready for the new retail payments reforms
From 1 October 2026, merchants will no longer be allowed to charge their customers a surcharge when they pay with a card. It’s part of a suite of retail payments reforms being introduced by the Reserve Bank of Australia.The changes present an opportunity for businesses to review what their own payment service provider is charging them to accept payments and ensure that they receive the full benefit of all the reforms, says Joel Lenhardt, Managing Director of Merchant Payments at Westpac.
Sustainability Impact: What you need to know - February/March 2026
The latest edition of Sustainability Impact explores early findings from Group 1 AASB S2 reporters, recommendations from the Australian Government’s Carbon Leakage Review, the new clean energy partnership between Australia and Canada, a potential breakthrough for green hydrogen, and a project that brings together renewable energy uplift, housing affordability and regional prosperity, plus more.
Australia’s payments system works — that's not a reason to wait.
Australia’s payments rails are among the best in the world, but global money is changing fast. As stablecoins, deposit tokens and tokenised assets move from experimentation to real use in cross-border payments and markets, the question is less whether change is coming, and more whether Australia will proactively shape it or inherit it.