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There’s a customer owned bank for every Australian

Answer a few quick questions to share what’s important to you. We’ll recommend some great customer owned banks to meet your needs.

Discover the benefits of customer owned

Feel Secure About Your Money

Feel secure about your money

Government regulators including APRA and ASIC hold customer owned banks to the same high standards as every major bank in Australia.

Feel Like You’re More Than A Number

Feel like you’re more than a number

According to Roy Morgan research, customer owned banks have the most satisfied customers. It’s what happens when you put your customers first.

Feel Good About Your Bank

Feel good about your bank

With no external shareholders to please, our profits go back to benefit our customers and local communities.

Learn how we are different

When you put customers first, there’s a lot of good news to share.
Explore the latest news and resources from COBA and our members.

  • Signs you’re dealing with a tax scammer

    Signs you’re dealing with a tax scammer

    As we enter tax season, Australians have been warned to keep an eye out for end-of-financial-year messages that don’t look quite right. It may be a refund alert when you haven’t submitted any paperwork to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), or it could be a threatening letter saying you have overdue debt. These scams have…

  • Preparing for the end of the financial year is about more than tax

    Preparing for the end of the financial year is about more than tax

    Lately it seems like everything is going up in price, from a loaf of bread to a tank of petrol and all the way through to rents and house prices. From pandemic-related supply issues to the war in Ukraine, there are many global issues that have been driving up prices. In its annual budget, the…

  • How to spot a bank impersonation scam and what to do about it

    How to spot a bank impersonation scam and what to do about it

    Perhaps it has happened to you. You receive a text from your bank. It seems legitimate because it comes from the same number that your bank usually texts you from and it lines up in the same chain of messages. Possibly, though, something seems not quite right. Your bank may be asking for you to…

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