| Next stop an inquiry into big four banks |
| 02 May, 2013 |
| Orange people joined in the fight against the big banks at a petition signing yesterday... |
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| About the Balance Banking campaign |
| 01 March, 2013 |
| Since the Global Financial Crisis, competition in the banking sector has significantly decreased to the detriment of consumers. The Balance Banking campaign aims to galvanise consumers and encourage support for the government to take decisive action to improve competition and choice, and restore balance to our banking. |
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| Customer owned banking starts year on top |
| 23 January, 2013 |
| Australia’s customer owned banking sector has begun 2013 with the most satisfied customers in Australia after the release of the latest Roy Morgan Research figures. |
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| Orange Credit Union supports online security measures |
| 11 June, 2012 |
| Orange Credit Union today encouraged Australians to stay secure online and commit to protecting their personal and financial information in recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Week. |
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| Mutuals encourage customers to slam scams |
| 19 March, 2012 |
| Abacus – Australian Mutuals has today appealed to customers to show continued vigilance as part of a national campaign to fight online fraud and other scams. |
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| Mutuals - Key fact sheet |
| 16 March, 2012 |
| The mutual sector has the second highest ATM accessibility across the country... |
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| No interest in rate hikes |
| 16 February, 2012 |
| In light of recently announced rate hikes, customers don't have to look far beyond the banks to save money say Orange's smaller financial institutions... |
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| Orange Credit Union gets 'stamp' of approval |
| 15 February, 2012 |
| Orange Credit Union today encouraged people to be part of history and use a new commemorative stamp recognising the contribution of mutuals and cooperatives in Australia. |
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| No rate cut, no worries - Mutuals already better by half |
| 07 February, 2012 |
| Big bank customers disappointed by the RBA’s rate decision today can give themselves a “rate cut” by switching to mutuals who offer better alternatives, according to independent market data. |
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| Bank's poor account |
| 23 January, 2012 |
| On Sunday as an Orange Woman sat on her lounge checking her bank balance online...a criminal was using her money to buy fast food and petrol... |
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| Credit Union moves to protect customers |
| 20 January, 2012 |
| Orange Credit Union has drawn on all its available resources in the last two days to protect customers after the discovery of an international breach of credit cards used at a business in Orange... |
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| Data compromise in local region |
| 18 January, 2012 |
| Orange Credit Union has recently been advised that a data compromise at retailers last year may include some credit card and Visa Debit transactions in our local region... |
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| Health over Wealth, Love over Money |
| 15 December, 2011 |
| Family values are a greater measure of prosperity than financial measures - but half of us do not feel prosperous... |
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| Fraser gets it right on Account switching |
| 22 August, 2011 |
| Today's report on improving the capacity for consumers to switch accounts between financial institutions strikes the right balance between consumer choice and avoiding unnecessary costs for smaller financial institutions... |
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| Bank on Value for Money |
| 07 December, 2010 |
| Proposed changes to the banking sector have been welcomed by Orange's alternative lenders... |
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| Woolworths changes Visa Debit processing |
| 01 April, 2010 |
| Woolworths have announced that progressively from 15 April they will be routing Visa Debit transactions away from the Visa scheme and process them via the EFTPOS network. |
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| Beyond the Big Four |
| 02 October, 2009 |
| CHOICE surveyed more than 3,000members to find out how satisfied they are with their financial institution. Mutual society (credit unions and building societies) and second-tier bank customers are more satisfied than those of the Big Four... |
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| NAB has joined the rediATM network |
| 09 September, 2009 |
| NAB has joined the rediATM network and doubled our ATM fleet to over 3,100 locations Australia wide. From 1st September 2009, enjoy direct charge fee-free rediATM access at more than 3,100 rediATM locations. |
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| Credit Union Graduates |
| 13 August, 2009 |
| Eight staff members of Orange Credit Union recently graduated with their Certificate IV in Financial Services... |
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| Pioneer happy to help |
| 31 July, 2009 |
| One of Orange's most respected financial pioneer's Tony (Anton) Siemer, who founded Orange Credit Union in 1964, died in Orange this week at the age of 89... |
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| Code of practice ensures fairness for customers |
| 27 July, 2009 |
| Three Orange credit unions and building societies have signed up for a code of practice to ensure they commit to fair, responsible and ethical lending practices designed to give their customers. |
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| Sport alive and kicking |
| 25 July, 2009 |
| Lesser known sports were recognised at the 2008 Orange Credit Union Sports Awards last week... |
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| Orange Credit Union collects donations |
| 19 February, 2009 |
| Orange Credit Union recently collected donations of money and goods to help survivors of 'Black Saturday' bushfires in Victoria... |
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| Government Guarantee Scheme |
| 30 December, 2008 |
| The Australian Government has recently guaranteed all deposits in credit unions, building societies and banks... |
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| Chosen in Top 10 credit unions |
| 24 July, 2008 |
| Orange Credit Union has been named in Money magazine's list of the top 10 credit unions in Australia... |
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