Westpac non-executive director Michael Hawker has stepped down from the bank’s board. Hawker joined the Westpac board in December 2020. His executive career included deputy managing director of Citibank Australia, group executive for business and consumer banking at Westpac and chief executive of Insurance Australia Group. He is currently a director of Vicinity Centres, Washington H Soul Pattinson, Allianz Australia and Bupa Australia. Bank of Queensland has launched ME Go, a new banking app for its subsidiary ME Bank, boasting new transaction and savings accounts, “intuitive” saving and budgeting tools, and an expanded charitable giving facility. ME chief executive Martine Jagger said ME Go would operate using the same cloud-based core banking system as myBOQ and Virgin Money, making the group’s everyday banking services “more agile, scalable and competitive”.