Westpac Banking Corporation ( WBK ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 14, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $4.9507 per share is scheduled to be paid on July 10, 2013.

NEW YORK, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has been appointed by Westpac Banking Corporation as the successor depositary bank for its American depositary ...

Westpac Institutional Bank has strengthened its capability in Asia with a range of senior executive appointments which includes David Koh as Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking, Asia. David will be based in Singapore and will join Westpac's ...

Westpac Institutional Bank has moved into first position as New Zealand's lead Domestic Transactional Bank, according to the benchmark annual Transactional Banking survey for New Zealand by Peter Lee Associates announced today. Based on feedback ...

Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) was founded in 1817 and was the first bank established in Australia. Today, the Westpac Group has branches and controlled entities throughout Australia, New Zealand and the near Pacific region and maintains ...

The bumper profit posted by Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd' should give Labor further impetus to impose a levy the big four banks, says Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt.

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Westpac Banking Corp declined 1% after the bank reported better than expected first-half cash earnings increase of 10% to $3.5 billion and declared a one-time additional dividend of 10 cents a share to an interim dividend of 86 cents.

Commonwealth Bank shed 2.78 per cent to $69.71, while ANZ Banking Group gave up 3.99 per cent to $28.13. National Australia Bank lost 3.09 per cent to $31.70 and Westpac Banking Corporation fell 4.07 per cent to $29.92. Investment bank Macquarie ...

New Zealand shares fell as the prospect of a winding down of US stimulus and weak Chinese manufacturing weighed on equity markets across Asia.