What is Westpac?
{{Infobox company | name = Westpac Banking Corporation | logo = Westpac logo.svg | logo_size = 180px | trading_name = Westpac | former_name = [[Bank of New South Wales]] | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = asx:WBC<br>NZX:WBC | foundation = {{Start date|1817|4|8|df=y}} (as the Bank of New South Wales)<br>{{start date|1982|5|4|df=y}} (as Westpac) | location = [[Sydney]] | key_people = [[Lindsay Maxsted]]<small> ([[Chairman]])</small> <br> Peter King <small>([[Chief Executive Officer|Acting CEO]])</small> <br> Gary Thursby <small>([[Chief Financial Officer|Acting CFO]])</small> | area_served = Worldwide | locations = 1,204 [[Branch (banking)|branches]]<br/>3,222 [[Automated teller machine|ATMs]] | industry = [[Bank]]ing, [[financial services]] | products = [[Finance and insurance]], [[Retail banking|consumer banking]], [[Commercial bank|corporate banking]], [[investment banking]], [[investment management]], [[Private banking|global wealth management]], [[private equity]], [[mortgages]], [[credit cards]] | revenue = {{decrease}} {{AUD}}20.65 billion<ref name=AR2019>{{cite web |url=https://www.westpac.com.au/content/dam/public/wbc/documents/pdf/aw/ic/2019_Westpac_Group_Annual_Report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2019 |publisher=Westpac Group |date=2020 |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> | revenue_year = 2019 | net_income = {{decrease}} {{AUD}}6.78 billion<ref name=AR2019/> | net_income_year = 2019 | assets = {{increase}} {{AUD}}906.63 billion<ref name=AR2019/> | assets_year = 2019 | num_employees = 33,288<ref name=AR2019/> | num_employees_year = 2019 | subsid = [[St George Bank]]<br>[[Bank of South Australia|BankSA]]<br>[[Bank of Melbourne (2011)|Bank of Melbourne]] | homepage = {{plainlist| * {{URL|westpac.com.au}} * {{URL|westpac.co.nz}}}} }} '''Westpac Banking Corporation''', known simply as '''Westpac''', is an [[Australia]]n [[bank]] and [[financial services]] provider headquartered in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wootton|first=Hannah|date=2020-03-11|title=Westpac evacuates floors in Sydney HQ due to