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Banking Day had a go at coaxing outgoing ANZ CEO Mike Smith to open up on more of the drama of the financial crisis in its exit interview this week, with only limited success. read more

When Mike Smith arrived at ANZ, the bank still used a modernised and italicised version of the slotted blue lettered logo the bank made its hallmark in the 1980s. read more

Outgoing ANZ CEO Mike Smith recast, to some degree, the bank's endeavours in the Asian region in an exit interview with Banking Day this week.* read more

The Docklands waterfront is one of the underappreciated corners of Australian banking, sharing a disconnected section of the city with modern housing towers on its flanks. read more

"What do you like about banking and running a bank?" This was Banking Day's opening question to outgoing ANZ CEO Mike Smith yesterday. read more

ANZ's rarely discussed plan to merge with NAB in mid 2008 provided one talking point in yesterday's Banking Day exit interview with outgoing CEO Mike Smith. read more

ANZ presented its worst face to its new boss not long into Smith's eight years at the helm of ANZ, when the securities lending business bankrolling Opes Prime fell apart in a florid manner in early 20.. read more

Amid the fervour of the hunt for finance heroes it may be easier to spot villains. read more

Some of the reset banks need on business finance might arrive courtesy of reforms on the law and practice around insolvent trading announced yesterday. read more

National Australia Bank yesterday produced an abundance of data on the compromising back story to the planned demerger of its Clydesdale Bank subsidiary from the remainder of the NAB group. read more