Westpac

Westpac Banking Corporation, known simply as Westpac, is an Australian bank and financial services provider headquartered in Sydney.^[2] Founded in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales, it acquired the Commercial Bank of Australia in 1982 before being renamed shortly afterwards. It is one of Australia's "big four" banks and is Australia's first and oldest banking institution. Its name is a portmanteau of "Western" and "Pacific".

Westpac Banking Corporation

Trade name	Westpac
Formerly	Bank of New South Wales
Company type	Public
Traded as	asx:WBC NZX:WBC
Industry	Banking, financial services
Founded	8 April 1817 (1817-04-08) (as the Bank of New South Wales) 4 May 1982 (1982-05-04) (as Westpac)
Headquarters	Sydney
Number of locations	1,204 branches 3,222 ATMs
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Lindsay Maxsted (Chairman) Peter King (Acting CEO) Gary Thursby (Acting CFO)
Products	Finance and insurance, consumer banking, corporate banking, investment banking, investment management, global wealth management, private equity, mortgages, credit cards
Revenue	A$20.65 billion[1] (2019)
Net income	A$6.78 billion[1] (2019)
Total assets	A$906.63 billion[1] (2019)
Number of employees	33,288[1] (2019)
Subsidiaries	St George Bank BankSA Bank of Melbourne
Website	westpac.com.au westpac.co.nz

As of March 2018, Westpac has 14 million customers, and employs almost 40,000 people.