Nov 6 (Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp WBC.AX posted a 3 percent rise in annual cash profit on Monday, helped by a strong performance of its consumer and business lending arms, but missed forecasts.
The country's No. 2 lender reported a cash profit of A$8.06 billion ($6.17 billion) for the year ended Sept. 30, from A$7.82 billion a year ago. That missed the 4 percent increase in cash profit expected by 7 analysts polled by Reuters.
Westpac announced a final dividend of A$0.94 per share, same as last year. ($1 = 1.3062 Australian dollars)