Auswide Bank Ltd. raised its final dividend for the fiscal year ended June 30 to 18 Australian cents per share from 17 cents per share in the prior fiscal year.

The final dividend is payable Sept. 21 to shareholders on record as of Sept. 11, the bank said Aug. 24. Together with an interim dividend of 16 cents per share, the bank's total dividend for the fiscal year amounted to 34 cents per share, up from 31 cents per share a year earlier.