UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

August 24, 2018

 

Commission File Number 1-10167

 

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

275 KENT STREET, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES 2000, AUSTRALIA

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports

under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F              x                       Form 40-F      __________

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  __________

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ___________

 



 

Incorporation by Reference

 

The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K, excluding the information set forth in Exhibits No. 1 and 2, shall be incorporated by reference in the prospectuses relating to the Registrant’s securities contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-207931 and 333-220373), as such prospectuses may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Westpac Banking Corporation has today announced that its net interest margin in June quarter 2018 was 2.06% compared to 2.17% in First Half 2018. The 11bp decline mostly reflected higher funding costs and a lower contribution from the Group’s Treasury.

 

 

Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

    1

 

June Quarter 2018 Margins and Pillar 3 - ASX Release

    2

 

3Q18 Capital, Funding and Credit Quality Update

    3

 

Westpac Pillar 3 Report (June 2018)

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

 

                      (Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:   August 24, 2018

By:

/s/ Yvette Adiguzel

 

 

Yvette Adiguzel

 

 

Associate Director