United Community
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United Community is 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.
In November 2008, United Credit Union merged with Community CPS
and now carries on business in Western Australia under the registered business name United Community.
United Community is now part of the fourth largest credit union in Australia with more than 178,000 members, 550 employees and managing a combined $3.1 billion in assets (as at 30 June 2010).
United Community has a network of Personal Financial Centres throughout the Perth
metropolitan area, Rockingham and Mandurah. It also has offices in the Pilbara and Kalgoorlie areas.
Community CPS has 12 Personal Financial Centres in South Australia
, 8 in the Australian Capital Territory
and 2 in regional New South Wales
and its subsidiary Companion Credit Union
operates 10 Personal Financial Centres in the Hunter Valley
region of New South Wales.
United Community offers a diverse range of financial services to suit the needs of its members including face to face advice and transactions, personal and business banking, insurance, financial planning, tax and accounting, telephone and internet banking, Bank@Post, BPAY and foreign exchange services.
United Community provides wealth management, accounting, taxation and finance broking services through its Eastwoods subsidiaries and has established a number of community foundation funds to support the local communities in which it operates.
Credit union
A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members...
based in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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
Community CPS Australia
Community CPS Australia is a credit union based in South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia and New South Wales providing financial services to its members including savings and business accounts, term deposits, loans, insurance, financial planning and tax and...
and now carries on business in Western Australia under the registered business name United Community.
United Community is now part of the fourth largest credit union in Australia with more than 178,000 members, 550 employees and managing a combined $3.1 billion in assets (as at 30 June 2010).
United Community has a network of Personal Financial Centres throughout the Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
metropolitan area, Rockingham and Mandurah. It also has offices in the Pilbara and Kalgoorlie areas.
Community CPS has 12 Personal Financial Centres in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, 8 in the Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
and 2 in regional New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
and its subsidiary Companion Credit Union
Companion Credit Union
Companion Credit Union is a credit union based in and serving Hunter Valley, Australia. It was established in 1974 by a group of Hunter Valley coal miners who decided that the financial affairs of the workers in their industry were at the mercy of banks, loan sharks and extremely high interest...
operates 10 Personal Financial Centres in the Hunter Valley
Hunter Valley
The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney with an approximate population of 645,395 people. Most of the population of the Hunter Region lives within of the coast, with 55% of the entire...
region of New South Wales.
United Community offers a diverse range of financial services to suit the needs of its members including face to face advice and transactions, personal and business banking, insurance, financial planning, tax and accounting, telephone and internet banking, Bank@Post, BPAY and foreign exchange services.
United Community provides wealth management, accounting, taxation and finance broking services through its Eastwoods subsidiaries and has established a number of community foundation funds to support the local communities in which it operates.
Personal Financial Centres (PFCs)
PFCs are located in:- BelmontBelmont, Western AustraliaThe City of Belmont is a Local Government Area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River...
- BooragoonBooragoon, Western AustraliaBooragoon is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia located within the City of Melville.Booragoon is the aboriginal name for the lower reaches of the Canning River....
- CanningtonCannington, Western AustraliaCannington is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Canning.-History:Cannington's name derives from the Canning River, which forms part of the southwestern boundary of the suburb...
- FremantleFremantle, Western AustraliaFremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...
- JoondalupJoondalup, Western AustraliaJoondalup is a regional metropolitan city within Perth, Western Australia, approximately north of Perth's central business district.It acts as the primary urban centre in Perth's outer northern suburbs.-History:...
- KalgoorlieKalgoorlie, Western AustraliaKalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway...
- KarrathaKarratha, Western Australia-Facilities:A range of hotel, motel, B&B and caravan/RV accommodation is available for visitors. However, as the town is booming, accommodation is often hard to come by.The town has restaurants, a tavern, two hotels and two night clubs...
- KarrinyupKarrinyup, Western AustraliaKarrinyup is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 12 km north of Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling...
- MandurahMandurah, Western AustraliaMandurah is the second-largest city in Western Australia and is located approximately south of the state capital, Perth.The city attracts a large number of tourists, including many international visitors...
- MorleyMorley, Western AustraliaMorley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, situated approximately northeast of Perth's central business district within the City of Bayswater local government area. It contains the Centro Galleria, Perth's second-largest commercial shopping centre, constructed in 1994. The Morley bus station...
- ParaburdooParaburdoo, Western AustraliaParaburdoo is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The name of the town comes from the Aboriginal word for 'white cockatoo'. It is located 1,536 kilometres north of Perth and 79 kilometres southwest of Tom Price. Paraburdoo was developed in the early 1970s to support Hamersley...
- RockinghamRockingham, Western AustraliaRockingham is a suburb and primary centre in Western Australia south-west of the Perth city centre and south of Fremantle. It has a beachside location at Mangles Bay, the southern extremity of Cockburn Sound. To its north stretches the maritime and resource-industry installations of Kwinana and...
- Subiaco
- Tom PriceTom Price, Western AustraliaTom Price, situated in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, is an industrial town. The town is located inland, at the edge of the Hamersley Range...