ANZ celebrates 135 years of existence in Fiji this year with CEO Pacific and Fiji Vishnu Mohan saying the bank has a lot of confidence in Fiji as a market.
“We established our first Suva branch in 1883, and in 1951, the Bank of Australasia merged with the Union Bank of Australia to form ANZ Bank Ltd,” said ANZ CEO Pacific and Fiji, Vishnu Mohan, at a function held in Suva to commemorate the milestone anniversary.
“We’ve since continued to grow our presence in Fiji with the acquisition of the Fiji operations of Barclays and Grindlays Banks in 1985, Bank of New Zealand in 1990, and Bank of Hawaii in 2002,” said Mr Mohan.
He said their journey had been a long one and the bank had been here for 135 years, serving communities and businesses, helping Fiji to grow.
ANZ first established itself in Fiji’s old capital of Levuka on December 16, 1880 as the Union Bank of Australia.
He said in 2002 ANZ opened its operations centre, the Suva Hub (Pacific Operations Ltd) now in Kalabu, to support ANZ’s growth in the Pacific through the centralisation of ANZ Pacific’s regional operations into a single shared service centre.
Fiji is also the location of ANZ’s Pacific headquarters in Suva, which shifted from the bank’s global headquarters in Melbourne in 2013, now supporting the 12 Pacific countries where ANZ has a presence in the region.
Mr Mohan thanked customers, partners and various communities for giving ANZ the opportunity to serve them over the years.
