ANZ Placement Papers - ANZ Interview Questions and Answers updated on Apr 2024

Our history dates back over 175 years. We are committed to building lasting partnerships with our customers, shareholders and communities in 32 countries in Australia, New Zealand, throughout Asia and the Pacific, and in the Middle East, Europe and America.

We provide a range of banking and financial products and services to around 8 million customers. We employ 48,000 people worldwide.

Business strategy

We aim to become a super regional bank. This involves growing our presence in the Asia Pacific region and source 25-30% of earnings from our Asia Pacific Europe and America Division by 2017, while also being very focused on growth in our core domestic businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

We have a coherent strategy to drive competitive advantage:

Economic Profile
ANZ's economic contribution to society is more than financial profits. We create jobs, pay salaries and invest in the skills of our people. We also pay taxes in the countries where we operate, support business in our supply chain and provide products that satisfy the needs of our customers.

Economic value generated and distributed (EVG&D),as defined in the Global Reporting Initiative's Sustainability Guidelines (G3),provides a basic indication of how an organisation has created wealth for stakeholders.

ANZ's EVG&D information is derived from our audited financial statements and community investment figures calculated using the London Benchmarking Group methodology.

In 2011, direct economic value generated was $35,817 million and total economic value distributed was $32,737 million.

About ANZ

ANZ traces its origins to the Bank of Australasia, which opened its first office in Sydney in 1835. The bank established a Melbourne office in 1838, where ANZ's world headquarters is located today at 833 Collins Street, Melbourne.
ANZ is a publicly listed company, and was incorporated on 14 July 1977 in Australia. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited is the main holding and operating company for the Group and our registered office is ANZ Centre, Level 9, 833 Collins Street, Docklands, Victoria, Australia.
We are one of the five largest and most successful listed companies in Australia, and we are the number one bank in New Zealand.
We have assets of AU$531.74 billion (as at 30 September 2010).
We operate in more than 32 countries across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, Europe, Dubai, USA and Asia including our technology and operations centre in Bangalore, India.
We have 411,692 shareholders (excludes employees whose only ANZ shares are held in trust under ANZ Employee share schemes).
ANZ shares and related securities are listed on the Australian and New Zealand exchanges.

Customers
We have around 8 million customers worldwide.
Our independent Customer Advocate is committed to resolve particularly difficult personal and small business customer complaints.
Find out more about ANZ customers

Employees
We employ more than 48,000 people around the world.
We are striving towards a culture where all activities are based on living the ANZ values.
We regularly measure the level of engagement of our employees globally. 
Our employee engagement score is currently 64%.

Community
We are leading the way in Australia on financial literacy and inclusion.
The Saver Plus program has been recognised as one of the most successful of its kind in the world.
We also seek to use our resources and skills to contribute solutions to some of the challenges facing communities.

Environment
In 2010, ANZ was assessed as the world's most sustainable bank by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the fourth consecutive year ANZ’s global headquarters, 
ANZ Centre, was recognised as a 'world leader' in environmentally sustainable design by the Green Building Council of Australia.

ANZ has a proud heritage of more than 175 years.

We operate in 32 markets globally with representation in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Pacific, Europe, America and the Middle East.

ANZ is among the top 4 banks in Australia, the largest banking group in New Zealand and Pacific, and among the top 50 banks in the world.

ANZ world headquarters is located in Melbourne. It first opened as the Bank of Australasia in Sydney in 1835 and in Melbourne from 1838 and our history involves many different banks.

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