Product & Services News
2005 Archive
New Wide Bay Australia Home Loan and Investment Centre opens in Melbourne.
Wide Bay Australia Ltd opened its first Victorian Home Loan and Investment Centre this week.
The Centre at 1414 Toorak Road, Camberwell in Melbourne also provides full branch banking facilities.
The move is hot on the heels of similar Centres opened by the Queensland based mortgage and financial services provider at Upper Mt Gravatt in Brisbane in July and at Parramatta in Sydney in August last year.
Wide Bay Australia previously used mortgage brokers and loan introducers as intermediaries for its Victorian home lending program.
“Our new Centre will increase our local presence by attracting additional direct business and act as a base to continue servicing these financial intermediaries,” Managing Director, Ron Hancock said.
”All Wide Bay Australia business in Victoria will be directed to Camberwell including calls to our 1300 number from Victorian callers.”
“Our new and existing clients will have a Centre to which they can direct their enquiries. They will be able to come in and talk to a Loan Consultant about their home loan, discuss any of their other financial services needs and conduct their business and transactions through our branch banking facilities,” Mr Hancock said. “A 24 hour ATM has also been installed.”
Mr Hancock said the move will give Melbourne and Victorian residents a banking alternative that prides itself on community service and spirit.
Wide Bay Australia Ltd, which is prudentially supervised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority like all Australian banks, building societies and credit unions, has over $1.5 billion in assets and loans under management, 30 retail outlets and more than 80,000 customers.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ron Hancock
Managing Director
(07) 4152 2380
8 August 2005 Wide Bay Australia Ltd opens Home Loan and Investment Centre in Brisbane
Wide Bay Australia Ltd opened its first Queensland Home Loan and Investment Centre in Brisbane this week.
The Centre offers loan, investment and retail banking facilities from Wide Bay Australia House at 1957-1961 Logan Road, Upper Mt Gravatt on Brisbane’s south side.
Ron Hancock, Managing Director of the Bundaberg based building society said the centre will immediately lift Wide Bay Australia’s profile in the Brisbane home mortgage and financials services market.
“We expect to attract new customers with our competitive range of products and personalised style of business.”
The Upper Mt Gravatt branch will be the hub of all Wide Bay Australia business on the southern half of Brisbane including servicing of loans brokers and introducers.
“Wide Bay Australia has an existing client base in the area from our past lending activities and our existing and new clients will now have a centre to which they can direct their enquiries and conduct their business and transactions.”
“A 24 hour ATM has also been installed.”
Mr Hancock said Brisbane residents can now enjoy a taste of the same service and benefits that Wide Bay Australia’s clients had enjoyed in regional Queensland for over 30 years.
“We are a banking alternative that prides itself on community service and spirit.
“This is our first bricks and mortar foray into Brisbane and we do have plans to further build our networks in South East Queensland and interstate.” A new branch is expected to open in Camberwell in Melbourne in the next few months.”
Wide Bay Australia Ltd, a building society, with over $1.5 billion in assets has 30 retail outlets across Queensland and more than 80,000 customers. It offers mortgage lending and related financial services in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
The Upper Mt Gravatt centre will be open from 8:25am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
26 April 2005 - Wide Bay Australia opens a third Rockhampton branch
While some financial institutions have been closing branches, Wide Bay Australia Ltd is expanding its presence in Rockhampton with the opening of a third full service branch at Allenstown Plaza Shopping Centre this week.
The new branch will compliment Wide Bay's existing branches at East Street, Rockhampton and Stockland Rockhampton.
Ron Hancock, Managing Director said the new branch will provide additional service to Wide Bay's local customers and give the residents on Rockhampton's south side an additional banking option.
"We have been part of Rockhampton for over 30 years and the Rockhampton community has played an important part in Wide Bay Australia's development," he said.
"In particular, we've helped hundreds of Central Queenslanders obtain a home of their own with competitive and flexible home loans."
"Chris Ward, our new Regional Manager and our locally employed branch teams offer a wide range of home finance, investment, insurance and banking services."
"Our new branch will increase our local presence and we expect many new customers to take advantage of our competitive range of products and personalised style of business."
23 March 2005 - Wide Bay Australia appoints new Regional Manager
As another step signifying continuing growth and commitment, Wide Bay Australia Ltd has appointed a new Regional Manager for Central Queensland.
Chris Ward, previously Wide Bay Australia's Loan Consultant in Yeppoon, will be based at financial institution's East Street branch on the mall in Rockhampton.
He will be responsible for supervising Wide Bay Australia's six branches in Central Queensland located in Rockhampton, Yeppoon, Gladstone and Tannum Sands.
"I hope to further develop Wide Bay Australia's personalised focus on customer service, provide increased support to Wide Bay Australia staff and customers and generally increase Wide Bay Australia's presence and contribution to the Central Queensland community," Chris said.
Wide Bay Australia also appointed Sue James Loan Consultant in Rockhampton. Sue has many years with Wide Bay as Assistant Loan Consultant in Rockhampton. Sue will be based at Wide Bay Australia's branch at Rockhampton Shopping Fair.
On the Capricorn Coast,Daphne Keen has been appointed as Chris' replacement as Wide Bay Australia's Yeppoon Loan Consultant. She is based at the James Street branch and is part of a committed team seeking to increase Wide Bay's community involvement and customer's satisfaction.
6 April 2005 Full time Home Loan Consultant appointed in Tannum Sands/Boyne Island
Wide Bay Australia Ltd has appointed a Loan Consultant for the Tannum Sands/Boyne Island area.
Linda Sendall will be based at Wide Bay Australia's branch at the Tannum Central shopping complex.
Linda has a wealth of experience in providing home loans and financial services. Until recently, Linda was the Loans Assistant to Wide Bay Australia's Gladstone Manager and Loan Consultant, Cheryl Lee, where she had the opportunity to assist a number of local people with home loans and related finance.
Linda also spent seven and a half years at Wide Bay Australia's Head Office Loans Department which greatly increased her knowledge of lending. She has also completed a Certificate Four in Financial Services in 1997 and was the recipient of the Top National Student Award for her study - the youngest ever recipient.
Any local persons considering a home loan in the Tannum Sands/Boyne Island area can contact Linda on (07) 4973 7433.
Wide Bay Australia provides home loans and lines of credit for existing and new homes, investment properties, vacant land, refinancing from another lender and debt consolidation.
Cheryl Lee will continue to provide home loans to local people from Wide Bay Australia's Goondoon Street branch in Gladstone.
