REGIONAL Australia Bank reaffirmed its commitment to support the Merriwa community by giving back $13,985.16 through its Community Partnership Program.
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After recently changing its name from Hunter Mutual to Regional Australia Bank, the transition was celebrated along with the donations.
“The Community Partnership Program awards event presented a great opportunity to also celebrate the launch of our new brand, as the program reinforces just some of the ways we assist our customers and their communities,” Regional Australia Bank CEO Kevin Dupé said.
“The program continues to grow at over 30 per cent each year as more and more people get on board.”
The past five years has seen the bank contribute more than $1.5m to deserving community groups and it’s not stopping there.
At Merriwa Sports Club, Regional Australia Bank awarded $13,985.16 to the Merriwa community.
Merriwa & District Rescue, Merriwa Tennis, Merriwa District Education Foundation, Merriwa Pre-school and Merriwa Junior Rugby League and Netball were just a few of the 46 groups to receive a donation.
“We are passionate about giving back to our community and we are equally committed to empower our customers to support local community groups they feel strongly about,” Regional Australia Bank branch manager Trudie Byfield said.
“That’s why we established the Community Partnership Program eight years ago.”
The program that started out as one single account, has now been made available to all customers so that everyone can take part in what the Bank believes is a “revolution in community banking”.
The Community Partnership Program works by customers opening a transaction account and selecting which group they would like to support.
Regional Australia Bank then calculates the average annual balance of all supporter’s accounts and donates 1 per cent of the total to the cause on the customers’ behalf, all without costing them a cent.
“Because this is an extension of our Community Support Program it comes at no cost to our customers and it authenticates our promise to operate in the best interests of our customers and communities,” Mr Dupé said.
“Our customer-owned structure means our customers not only benefit from fairer fees, competitive interest rates and the expertise from local specialists, they know they’re benefiting Regional Australia by helping it to prosper and thrive.”
