United Community

United Community and its parent company, Community CPS Australia, became a mutual bank on 1 August 2013 called Beyond Bank Australia.

Prior to this, United Community was a credit union based in Western Australia providing financial services to its members including savings and business accounts, term deposits, loans, insurance, financial planning and tax and accounting.

History

United Community (formerly United Credit Union) was established in 1972 as a financial co-operative offering a genuine alternative to Western Australians.

In November 2008, United Credit Union merged with Community CPS and carried on business in Western Australia under the registered business name United Community.

Community CPS Australia was of the largest credit unions in Australia and comprised activities in banking (through its credit union), the community (through the Community CPS Foundation) and professional services (wealth management, tax and accounting services via Eastwoods),[1] and employed 585 staff across 48 branches with more than 180,000 members.

Community CPS was located in South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, and operated as Wagga Mutual Credit Union in Wagga Wagga, Companion Credit Union in the Hunter Region and United Community in Western Australia.

Community CPS has a subsidiary - Eastwoods[1] - which provides Tax, Accounting and Financial Planning Services.

As a customer owned financial institution the credit union has strong ties to the community, supporting charitable organisations and initiatives through financial donations and grants on a local, regional and national level. Community CPS promotes volunteering nationally via the "make a smile" volunteering program to support local communities through Community Volunteers.

In 2012 Community CPS was named Money Magazine's [2] Credit Union of the Year 2012 and awarded the 2012 Mozo [3] People’s Choice Award for Best Credit Union.

References

  1. 1 2 "eastwoods.com.au". eastwoods.com.au. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  2. ↑ Money Magazine's
  3. ↑ Mozo
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