Membership

What is a customer-owned bank?

Most banks exist purely to generate profits that increase share prices and dividends for their investors. Unfortunately, that usually comes at the cost of their customers.

Unlike the big banks, our customer-owned structure means our customers are our shareholders. When you join us and open an account you also buy a share in Regional Australia Bank and become a member. Its called mutual banking.

It works too:Roy Morgan Research has found that customer satisfaction at Regional Australia Bank was 92.0%¹ (as of July 2018), well above the big four’s average of 77%.²

Each of our members is entitled to a vote at our Annual General Meeting and is eligible to nominate for the Board of Directors.

How do I become a member?

When you apply for your first loan or account with us we'll open your membership as part of the application. All members purchase a single share for $1. Your share isn't a fee, it's fully refunded if you decide to close your membership with us.

You can request to close your membership at any time. Just let us know and your membership and accounts will be closed and the cost of your share will be refunded to you.

¹Regional Australia Bank Annual Member Survey July 2018, conducted by Roy Morgan Research (sample size 1979)
²Average Satisfaction Score Big 4 banks Roy Morgan Research Single Source Survey June 2018 (sample size 25,051)