Sector News

Our sector is growing and our members are always exploring new ways to put customers first. Explore the latest news and updates from across the customer owned banking sector.

Affordable Housing For The Essential Workers Who Give So Much To Their Communities

While essential workers are needed in every suburb and town, their wages often don’t meet the costs of housing near to where they work. As housing prices in Australia continue … Read more

Empower Your Financial Future On International Credit Union Day

The role of credit unions in shaping brighter financial futures is being recognised and celebrated as part of International Credit Union Day this year. As the peak body for the … Read more

How To Secure A Competitive Banking Market

For the first time in more than a decade Australians are feeling the squeeze of interest rate rises, and rapidly increasing inflation is creating cost of living pressures. It is … Read more

Greater Support For Those Affected By Flooding

As the nation’s attention has largely moved on from the floods that devastated parts of Australia’s east coast earlier this year, Greater Bank is working to help effected communities. Greater … Read more

Orange Credit Union Are Making It Real

For customer owned banks, putting people first is at the heart of everything they do. So when Orange Credit Union were conceptualising their latest brand campaign, hiring actors wasn’t even … Read more

Qudos Bank Celebrates 15 Year Partnership With Greenfleet

Qudos Bank has always been committed to supporting initiatives that improve the environmental landscape for their customers and community, and nothing highlights this commitment more than their 15-year partnership with … Read more

Banking And Bees

Each year, Bank First funds new ideas, programs and methods of teaching that support enhanced student learning outcomes in Victorian schools. By applying and receiving votes, education-related initiatives have a … Read more

Great Southern Bank Takes Meaningful Action Towards Reconciliation

In the journey towards reconciliation, one way that organisations are turning good intentions into positive actions is by developing a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). One organisation taking meaningful action to … Read more

The World’s Best Banks 2022

For the third year running, customer owned banks have dominated the Australian rankings of the Forbes World’s Best Banks list. Beyond Bank Australia, Heritage Bank, Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent … Read more

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