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Cuscal hires customers GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... Abacus - Australian Mutuals, which saw him lead the association committed to the support and promotion of mutual credit unions and building societies. He was first appointed Cuscal's general manager, public affairs and compliance in 2001 and has sat ...

More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... contribution on behalf of our participating funds and their members to everyone impacted by the fires," said Elia. Credit Unions across the country have set up a bushfire relief fund and are relaxing their policies around the early access of term deposits. ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... more than 1,370 ATMs around Australia have no Direct Charging fees for all its members, which are predominantly credit unions scattered around the country. The government's direct charging reforms will have an impact on the investments and superannuation ...

Westpac number one ADI branch owner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... intermediate centres. This is up 2 per cent since last year. Despite open competition with community banking groups like credit unions and building societies, traditional banks still maintain a four to one advantage. In fact the leading two banks alone ...

Vision Super eyes banking within super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... a new market for the company, which has traditionally been a provider of banking and transactional services for credit unions. "It makes sense because we already have the infrastructure to provide the service," he said. He added that Vision benefits ...

ME to gain market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... there is a big opportunity for a new player to emerge in the small to medium end of the banking industry. He said credit unions and building societies would struggle to sustain themselves beyond the three-year deposit guarantee in a market dominated ...

Super funds to offer FHSAs

... four years to support FHSAs. Starting 1 October this year, FHSAs can be offered by banks, building societies and credit unions, public offer superannuation providers, life insurance companies, and friendly societies. Michelle Baltazar

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac in Australia and New Zealand and also with about 20 credit unions operating under the umbrella of the credit union service provider Cuscal. These alliances account for 30 to 40 per ...

Through the looking Glass Onion

... that creating an interactive character with a cheeky sense of humour will likely give people the impression that "credit unions are not as stiff as you might think." The softening of the image of hard-nosed financial institutions is part of a larger ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... can have only light regulation, and not even need a financial services license even though they are as big as some credit unions. And because they are debt products they fall outside the scope of most financial products regulation anyway. "They were ...