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Regional Australia Bank’s Early Years
What we know as Regional Australia Bank was created in Armidale, NSW, in 1969, as the University of New England Staff Credit Union to serve the financial needs of university staff. Eventually the credit union’s bond was expanded and there were mergers with Armidale Credit Union in 1981, North West Local Government Employees Credit Union...
Sirocredit
The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Co-operative Credit Society was registered in Victoria on 19 September 1957. Interest in establishing a credit union in the Melbourne offices of the CSIRO had been piqued by the 1954 establishment of the Laboratories Credit Union by Sydney based CSIRO staff. The impetus to start a Victorian...
Plastic Fantastic
Today we’re introducing a video that takes us back to the early days of the Australian Credit Unions Visa card. Historically, the Australian customer owned banking sector has been technological innovators and thought leaders. That includes the fields of electronic banking and plastic card adoption. Examples of customer owned banking futurism include the first 24-hour...
Lithgow’s First Family
As Family First Bank merged with Beyond Bank a few months ago, we thought we’d keep the Family First flame alive with this short video celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2007. The video was shot in what was then Family First Credit Union’s Lithgow branch by archives volunteer, John Lee. Long time Family First Chair,...