St. George Bank is the leading financial services provider for retail and business customers in Australia. 5700 employees provide assistance for over 2.6 million customers through a network of 396 branches. In 2008 St. George Bank became the part of Westpac Group.
St. George Bank offers a comprehensive range of services for retail and corporate clients. Individual customers are offered accounts, credit cards, personal and home loans, insurance and investment products.
Financial and baking services for business clients include: transaction and saving accounts, credit cards, payment solutions, insurance and business tools.
Corporate organizations can benefit from transactional banking, international banking services, superannuation and financial markets.
The bank is the industry leader in online services and was awarded the title of “Banking Website of the Year” by Money magazine for its website, online and mobile banking services. The innovation included easy to use mobile phone banking application for smart phones, available on Android, Blackberry and Apple iPhone) and the Apple iPad. In March 2011, St. George Bank announced further enhancements to its online services including new product selectors, new comparison tables and access to real-time interest rate information.
In March 2011 the group announced the launch of Bank of Melbourne in Victoria during August 2011. It is expected that over the next five years the bank will grow to over 100 branches and 300 ATMs. 14 branches are planned to be opened on 2011 in Point Cook, Forest Hill, Richmond, Carnegie, Fitzroy, and Melbourne. In Victoria, St.George Bank branches and corporate banking centers will be re-branded to Bank of Melbourne.
St. George Bank runs a foundation supporting deprived children. Since 1990, the bank has partnered with over 700 community organizations across the country and has donated more than $ 1.6 million to improve life of physically, socially or economically disadvantaged kids.