Abacus - Australian Mutuals is the industry association for Australia’s 150 credit unions and mutual building societies.
We work with our member institutions to promote the role of customer-owned financial institutions in the Australian financial services sector.
Like the major banks, credit unions and mutual building societies are APRA-regulated Authorised Deposit-taking Insitutions (ADIs). But we differ from the banks because we are mutuals (owned by their customers).
Credit unions and mutual building societies offer a different kind of banking: one that puts members first. More than four and a half million Australians are members of credit unions and building societies.
Find out more about our different kind of banking and why you should become a member using the links below.
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