The Bank of New South Wales, now Westpac, got its start way back in 1817. For two centuries, its name was a byword for prudence, reliability and trust: ‘You can bank on the Wales’.
No more. The allegations by Austrac that over years Westpac’s systems facilitated 23 million money laundering transactions, including in relation to child trafficking and abuse, have appalled Australians.
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