Bendigo Bank

Bendigo Bank is a community-oriented bank that operates in Bendigo, a central Victorian city in Australia. As such, Bendigo Bank is considered as the only bank in Australia whose headquarters is not located in a capital city. Bendigo Bank currently has around 340 branches, 300 ATMs, and 180 Community Bank branches operating throughout Australia.

The Bendigo Bank was formally established as a banking institution in 1995, but originated as the Bendigo Permanent Land and Building Society in 1858, a company that helped finance the cottages of Bendigo miners. Throughout its banking history, Bendigo Bank was able to attain several innovations and achievements, which include:

• The first financial agency to successfully launch Visa to Australia in 1982
• The first financial agency to launch the Visa debit card in 1982
• The first financial agency to establish the mortgage offset account, which is now a regular bank product
• The first to introduce the Green Loans in Australia (2002)

Today, Bendigo Bank remains to be a distinguished retailer of wealth management and banking services for small to medium businesses, and households as well. Bendigo Bank also has several joint venture partners, through which they offer specialist services to a wide range of client groups. These joint venture partners include Elders Rural Bank, Tasmanian Banking Services, and Community Sector Banking. Bendigo Bank also offers 24-hour banking for the convenience of their clients through their phone and Internet banking services.

Some of the most popular and outstanding financial solutions offered by Bendigo Bank are unsecured personal loans, secured personal loans, Generation Green Personal Loan, residential home loans, quality insurance, Electronic Funds Transfer, Agribusiness, equipment finance, transactional banking, cash management, credit cards, cash cards, and debit cards. Bendigo Bank also gives instant rewards and benefits to make banking more rewarding for their clients.