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Mark Evans
Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

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articles by Mark Evans

18 Sep 2019

SIBOS19: banking on a history of adaptation

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

Banks don’t look - or function - the way they did a century ago. And they won’t be the same in the next century. Or the next decade…

29 Mar 2019

Cultural challenge: legacy thinking

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

Outdated attitudes are as big a challenge to businesses as outdated technology.

27 Nov 2018

How to close the trillion-dollar trade-finance gap

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

Businesses can’t access the capital they need to grow. Here’s why – and what can be done to solve the problem.

20 Sep 2018

Trading up: digital drags trade into the 21st century

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

Cross-border trade is a huge growth area for Australia but is weighed down by archaic, paper-based processing.

10 Dec 2016

Shining a spotlight on risky business

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

If you are selling chocolate bars, the need for controls on food safety is obvious. If you are flying planes, safety checks are critical. But when it comes to financial services, the case for risk controls hasn’t always been so well understood.

08 Jun 2016

Who is really responsible for compliance?

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

“Compliance is good for business,” former ANZ chief executive Mike Smith told me when I took the role of chief compliance officer at the bank back in 2013.

01 Jul 2015

Can machines control company culture?

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

We're all fascinated by how radically technology may change our lives in the future. From the smartphone to driverless cars to 3D printing we're constantly rethinking how gadgets might make daily life easier.

14 Apr 2015

Four ways to safeguard business from financial crime

Mark Evans | Managing Director Transaction Banking, ANZ

Imagine being offered a job which promises excellent money in exchange for very little work. It sounds like a dream.