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CommunityCPS launches charity foundation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... charities likely to be of interest their members. Deputy chairman Gary Green said, "One hundred and fifty years ago credit unions started as people's banks in response to crop failures in Europe. But it's now time to share success and not just combat ...

Cuscal's customers commit for the long term

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... Services Corporation (Aust) Ltd (Cuscal) has entered into long-term contracts with all its existing customers. All 117 credit unions that had partnered with Cuscal have re-signed contracts out to 2012. John Gilbert, chief executive of Cuscal, said the ...

IUS partners with CUNA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... funds and have closely aligned business styles. CUNA Mutual Group is the leading provider of financial services to credit unions and their members worldwide though they also service other community based organisations. In Australia 90 per cent of the ...

Web videocalls invigorate rural banking and remote advice

One of the country's largest credit unions, New England Credit Union (NECU), is making headway in regional banking and remotely offering financial advice through web-based videoconferencing. NECU's theme song could well go, "I've been to Armidale, Barraba ...

Community CPS credit union launches Eastwoods FP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... merger between CPS Credit Union (SA) and CPS Credit Union Co-operative (ACT). It is now one of Australia's largest credit unions with more than 140,000 members, 400 employees and managing a combined $1.4 billion in assets. Community CPS's Eastwood financial ...

S&P to rate NZ financials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... the new ratings scale is unique and tailored specifically to New Zealand finance companies, building societies, credit unions and mortgage trusts. "The strength of our ratings scale is that it provides investors with an easy-to-understand benchmark to ...

Snowball to snap up Western Pacific

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... we're now looking to do," he said. Snowball will continue to offer advisory services to affinity partners, including credit unions and industry funds, and extend their presence in Western Australia and Queensland by placing salaried advisors in existing ...

SimCorp starting to make its mark downunder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... European standards. According to banking industry watcher The Sheet, Abacus, the new industry body representing credit unions and building societies, is already guessing the costs to implement the AML protocols could be more than those incurred in meeting ...

Online broking competition to heat up

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2006
... of the client relationship. Etrade also handles trades for customers of ANZ Bank, Bendigo Bank and a dozen or so credit unions, and plans to stay ahead through innovation in the products offered.

ASIC and NZ corporate regulator sign cooperation deal

... including New Zealand and overseas companies, co-operative companies, incorporated societies, friendly societies and credit unions. With most wealth management comapnies operating in New Zealand also operating in Australia, while most leading brands ...