Private company

Esanda

Esanda was an Australian finance company. Founded in 1955 by the English, Scottish & Australian Bank, it became a subsidiary of the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group in 1987. The brand was retired in 2019.2 It was founded by English, Scottish and Australian Bank.1 It is headquartered in Melbourne.1 It is part of Macquarie Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Esanda was an Australian finance company. Founded in 1955 by the English, Scottish & Australian Bank, it became a subsidiary of the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group in 1987. The brand was retired in 2019.2

Corporate structure

Esanda is part of a group headed by Macquarie Group. 50 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by English, Scottish and Australian Bank.1

Esanda was established in October 1955 as the commercial financing division of the English, Scottish & Australian Bank (ES&A). It became a subsidiary of the ANZ Bank after ANZ merged with ES&A in 1970. After ANZ acquired the Bank of Adelaide in 1979 and the National Mutual Royal Bank in 1990, the respective finance divisions were incorporated into Esanda.

In 2016, the dealer finance portfolio was sold to Macquarie Group. In March 2019, ANZ retired the Esanda brand.

From Wikipedia’s article on Esanda, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Sources

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