Great Southern profit falls 01 October 2024 6:36AM Latest news Ian Rogers The net profit of Great Southern Bank has dived, to $37.3 million over the year to June 2024, fromĀ $44.5 million in FY2023. read more
Beyond Bank, P&N hit merger accelerator 06 June 2024 12:20AM Latest news Ian Rogers Any merger of Beyond Bank and Police & Nurses would create a mutual with close to $20 billion in assets, making it the fourth largest. The enlarged mutual bank will have around 450,000 members, wh.. read more
Youth policy delivers results for Great Southern 16 October 2023 4:22AM Latest news John Kavanagh Great Southern Bank grew its mortgage book by 6.6 per cent in the year to June, with this above system growth largely due to its penetration of the first home buyer market. read more
CUA invests in loan origination fix 05 March 2021 6:23AM Latest news John Kavanagh CUA is making a significant investment in its business, as it seeks to regain momentum in the ultra-competitive home loan market. read more
CUA invests amid margin pressure 18 March 2020 5:09PM Authorised deposit-taking institutions John Kavanagh The combination of margin pressure from falling interest rates and increased investment in member services resulted in a 7.9 per cent fall in CUA Group's net profit for the six months to December. read more
CUA sets up new growth funding option 15 November 2019 5:44PM Credit Union Bernard Kellerman Funding for growth in a post-Hayne world has become a lot easier for several of Australia's largest mutuals, with CUA now ready to issue a newly legislated mutual capital instrument. read more
Low rates limit CUA options 27 September 2019 4:04PM Credit Union Ian Rogers How many merger discussions are front of mind at CUA - zero! read more
CUA elevates its sales chief to CEO 13 September 2019 4:53PM Credit Union Bernard Kellerman CUA has announced that its chief sales officer Paul Lewis, will step up to become chief executive officer of Australia's largest credit union from 1 November 2019. He will take over from Rob Goudswaar.. read more
CUA vents credit union agenda 07 June 2019 8:04PM Credit Union Ian Rogers Hundreds of credit unions have merged with others over the years, with only around 70 left - how many more may be escalating this option? read more
CUA sets up CEO rounders 01 May 2019 4:10PM Credit Union Ian Rogers Rob Goudswaard, CEO of Credit Union Australia, pulled a bit of a surprise yesterday, outlining plans to leave in February 2020.Might the fourth-largest mutual ADI supply his successor (a long rumoured.. read more
CUA slogs deposits 18 March 2019 5:36PM Credit Union Ian Rogers A fast pace of growth in deposits and "record member growth" over the December half suggests that the busy investment in "digital" is making its mark at CUA - Australia's largest credit union. read more
Amid flat profits, increased membership for CUA 14 September 2018 5:37PM Credit Union Ian Rogers An investment in "digital assets" is behind a 20,000 jump in new members for Credit Union Australia over the last year. read more
CUA raises $225 million in investor funding deal 31 August 2018 5:19PM Credit Union Bernard Kellerman Australia's largest credit union, CUA, completed its fourth medium term note issue since 2016, raising A$225 million to put toward further expanding its loan books. read more
Briefs: Kelso jumps to BoQ, Peer-to-peer lender loses in court, kiwis bolstering up Big Four 22 May 2018 4:30PM Briefs Banking Day staff Natasha Kelso, national manager of broker for Credit Union Australia will jump across to the same job at Bank of Queensland. read more
Profitable CUA pushes fintech credentials 05 March 2018 4:37PM Credit Union Bernard Kellerman Australia's largest credit union, CUA, has increased its investment in innovation and digitisation while declaring a solid first-half financial result for the 2017/18 year. read more
Personal loans reboot at CUA 20 September 2017 4:06PM Credit Union Ian Rogers The core banking division of Credit Union Australia had a rough year, one softened by a surge in lending for personal loans. read more
Briefs: New board members for CUA and IMB 04 September 2017 3:32PM Briefs Banking Day staff Andrew Reeves will join the board of Credit Union Australia, filling a spot vacated by Mike Pratt. read more
CUA joins international start-up venture 18 August 2017 3:26PM Credit Union Bernard Kellerman Credit Union Australia said it has joined a small group of banking providers to collaborate with a "banking innovator", Pivotus Ventures, described as an "innovation studio" in Silicon Valley. read more
Comment: Banks authorised with onerous care 18 July 2017 3:53PM Finance regulation Ian Rogers Any applause for a renovated law on use of the label "bank" in Australia may be misplaced. While Treasury officials expect that the draft reforms unveiled by Treasurer Scott Morrison yesterday will "r.. read more
Briefs: New chair for CUA, Xpress Super to offer RateSetter option 04 July 2017 3:26PM Briefs Banking Day staff Nigel Ampherlaw will take over as chair of Credit Union Australia from November, replacing Alan Beanland who is retiring after eight years in the role. read more