The Australian Government provides a guarantee on deposits of up to $250,000 per customer at Australian banks, building societies and credit unions.
All credit unions, mutual banks, and building societies are regulated under the Banking Act as Authorised Deposit-Taking Institutions (ADIs), so they are as safe as any other banking institution. Learn more about mutual banks and customer-owned banking here or find out who the mutual banks in Australia are.
We will change our name to Great Southern Bank on 1 June 2021. That is the day our website and app will change from CUA to Great Southern Bank.
Great Southern Bank (formerly known as CUA) is owned by, and operates for, the benefit of its customers! What that means is that they offer outstanding customer service, competitive interest rates, and their profits get returned to you as better rates and lower fees.
CUA's CEO, Paul Lewis, said the bank had conducted research which showed that it needed to change its name from a 'credit union' to a 'bank' due to younger adults not having a strong understanding of what a credit union was or how it operates. ... Mr Lewis said CUA would remain owned by its customers.
Mutual funds combine the benefits of diversification and professional management with affordability for the average investor. CUA has access to a wide variety of mutual funds from several well known fund families including NEI Investments, Trimark, Fidelity, just to name a few.
Why are credit unions safer than banks? Like banks, which are federally insured by the FDIC, credit unions are insured by the NCUA, making them just as safe as banks. ... The NCUSIF provides all members of federally insured credit unions with $250,000 in coverage for their single ownership accounts.
About Great Southern Bank
We just changed our name from CUA to Great Southern Bank but we're still the same customer-owned bank focused on helping Australians own their own homes with clever products that match the many ways we now live and work.
Is CUA Health nonprofit? No, but CUA's parent company HBF is not for profit.
Limited accessibility. Credit unions tend to have fewer branches than traditional banks. A credit union may not be close to where you live or work, which could be a problem unless your credit union is part of a shared branch network and/or a large ATM network like Allpoint or MoneyPass. Not all credit unions are alike.
Online banks operating in Australia are as safe as regular banks and your funds are protected by the Australian Government Deposit Guarantee Scheme. This scheme guarantees deposits up to $250,000 in Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions such as banks, building societies and credit unions.
CUA is Australia's largest and oldest credit union, with a network of more than 50 branches spanning five states and territories (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria and Western Australia). ... As a mutual ADI, CUA's members are our owners, with each member having an equal share in the organisation.
Though seen as the sleepy backwater of banking, credit unions do sometimes fail. Like banks, they may hand out bad loans, suffer mismanagement or make speculative investments.
Yes. To be clear, the credit union CAN offset the money in your account with other types of loans like a personal loan or a car loan. ... So if you give the credit union a security interest in your bank account as collateral for your credit union, it now has a lien against all the money in your account.
Your money is just as safe in a credit union as it is in a bank. Money kept in banks is insured by the FDIC. Federally insured credit unions offer NCUSIF insurance. Both are federal insurance backed by the U.S. government.
CUA Health is a subsidiary of HBF Health Limited. We have been helping Australians care for their health since 1976.
HBF welcoming around 79,000 new members and 63 Brisbane-based employees after acquiring private health insurer CUA Health from Great Southern Bank. Acquisition aligned with HBF's national growth strategy, building market share to approximately 8%, with 17% of members living outside of WA.
Mutuality matters to us - CUA's members are our owners, with each member having an equal share in the organisation. This means that each CUA member has the equal ability to influence the direction of our business and the way in which it is operated.
Australia's biggest customer-owned bank has undergone a full rebrand, with Credit Union Australia (CUA) becoming Great Southern Bank. The move comes on the 75th anniversary of the formation of CUA, and according to their CEO Paul Lewis, the renaming was a product of months of research and workshopping new ideas.
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