Talk:Bankwest

message: BankWest is owned By HBOS Australia Pty Ltd 
HBOS Australia Pty Ltd (HBOS Australia) comprises four diverse financial services companies:
Bank of Western Australia Ltd (BankWest);
Capital Finance Australia Limited (Capital Finance);
St Andrew's Australia Pty Ltd (St Andrew's); and
BOS International (Australia) Ltd (BOS International).
Article re ownership should be reviewed with correct information
www.hbosa.com.au  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.19.158.31 (talk) 02:25, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: 124.150.47.203 added a large amount of text about "Unhappybanking". I've reverted it. It was probably added in good faith, but it has several problems:
* The additions appear to be unbalanced and non-neutral, as well as giving undue emphasis (in terms of total amount of text for this vs the rest of the article).
* There were no specific reference - lots of general claims about coverage, such as "significant media coverage in Australia, with stories on Today Tonight (Seven Network), The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Telegraph, ABC Radio and the West Australian" but no specific citations to specific stories.
* The paragraph in the lead section is simply too big for the lead.
* It might be WP:Recentism.
Perhaps some mention of the controversy is appropriate, but it needs to be balance, referenced, and shorter. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:56, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added the Four Corners story as a ref. Mitch Ames (talk) 13:57, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unhapping banking 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: now the bank is effectively shut down, (or in process...)
the early history really is pathetically thin and unreferenced,
as the earlier iterations - the AG Bank, and the R&I were very significant in the development of WA in the 20th century, and effectively could be forks if they were developed properly...
As the text currently stands, it doesnt take much for recentism to swamp valid historical context. JarrahTree 09:06, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  context 

message: Bankwest#History says:
but Bankwest#R&I era says:
Mitch Ames (talk) 01:01, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: 1916 year is sourced to book I dont have, so agf on source.  The Agricultural Bank was replaced with Rural and Industries Bank Act in 1944, and recieved Royal ascent in Feb 1945. AGF on the first statement until I can read the source the 1944 one refers to the Act change it in the legislation. Its likely the the name was changed earlier as many heritage buildings built before 1944 are marked as R&I. Gnangarra 06:17, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did it change from Ag to R&I?