Greater Bank Credit Cards

Pauline Hatch     

Opening its doors in the 1920s, Greater Bank is a customer-owned organisation with a high customer focus, offering award-winning service and a wide range of financial products. Having started out in the Hunter region of New South Wales, the bank has expanded to serve customers throughout the state and into South East Queensland.

Of course, you don’t need to live in these areas or near a branch to apply for a credit card. All eligible applicants are welcome to apply. If you choose to apply for a Greater Bank credit card, you will join more than 250,000 other Greater Bank customers to become a member of a bank with over $7 billion in assets under management. This is a bank that’s large enough to matter, but small enough to care. So, what else does it have to offer?
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Greater Bank Service and Support

As a smaller bank, Greater Bank prides itself on providing the customer service and support that customers of bigger banks may find hard to come by. For Greater Bank, service is key. The bank says, “As long as you keep loving what we do, we’ll keep doing what we love”. Its friendly staff are continuously recognised for their genuine, caring service, as you can see from the bank’s multitude of awards.

Good Value

Greater Bank is not owned by external shareholders. It is owned by its customers. Where other banks have to put their shareholders first, as a customer-owned bank Greater Bank can put its customers first. So, instead of providing profit to create shareholder dividends, it can re-invest its profits to offer more value to its customers.

By checking out the range of financial products Greater Bank has to offer, you may notice that its fees are lower and its rates are more competitive than other bigger bank options. This is generally what customer-owned banks offer: better value for their customers.

Community Support

But, that’s not all. Greater Bank is also able to allocate a certain percentage of its annual profits towards supporting causes and organisations that improve the lives of those in the communities it serves.

Back in 2011, Greater Bank formed the Greater Charitable Foundation to support charities and make a long term difference to families and communities. So far, the Foundation has allocated close to $5 million to charities, and Greater Bank staff regularly volunteer to support the amazing work of the Foundation’s partners.

Award-winning Products

Greater Bank has been recognised time and again for its excellent products and services, most recently being awarded Most Recommended Customer Owned Bank for 2019 in the DBM Australian Financial Awards.

Aside from being recognised as Home Lender Bank of the Year 2019 by Mozo’s Experts Choice, and Home Lender of the Year 2018 by Money magazine, Greater Bank has in previous years been recognised as Bank of the Year in Roy Morgan’s Customer Satisfaction Awards, and Building Society of the Year in the Smart Investor Blue Ribbon Awards.

Full Regulation

Greater Bank faces the same rules and processes as the big banks, and is regulated by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). However, as a customer-owned bank, Greater Bank is also a member of the Customer Owned Banking Association, and complies with the Customer Owned Banking Code of Practice.

Governed by the Code Compliance Committee (CCC), this code gives customers the confidence of knowing they are covered by an industry commitment to fair and responsible banking.

A Proud History

In 1924, the Newcastle and Hunter River Public Service Starr-Bowkett Building Co-operative Society Limited was established. While it may have been something of a mouthful, this was the organisation that was later to become what is now known as Greater Bank.

Formed in response to economic depression, when owning a home was out of reach for many, the society was created to bring home ownership at the lowest cost to its members. Members of the society bought shares and made weekly contributions, and a lottery would determine which members received interest free home loans.

From there, into the 1940s, the Greater Newcastle Co-operative Permanent Building and Investment Society was formed, to then bring other credit unions and building societies into the fold. Growing in size and expanding its customer base over the decades, the Greater Building Society finally changed its name to Greater Bank in 2016, but still retained its customer-owned status and goal of helping customers save, grow and protect their money.

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Stephen Wright

Stephen Wright

27 May 2021
I would like to apply for a credit card with Greater bank
    Roland B Bleyer - CreditCard.com.au Founder

    Roland

    28 May 2021
    Hi Stephen, thanks for your interest! We currently don't have an active partnership here, but you can go directly to the Greater Bank website to apply online for a credit card.
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