BankSA
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HistoryEdit
Template:Further The Savings Bank of South Australia<ref name=hist/> was established in the colony of South Australia on 11 March 1848 by sole employee John Hector.The first deposit comprised the life savings of an Afghan shepherd.<ref name=hist>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first premier of the colony, B. T. Finniss, was a trustee of the bank's inaugural board, and F. H. Robe, Lieutenant Governor of the colony, was president of the bank.<ref name=hist/>
The Savings Bank of South Australia later merged with the former State Bank of South Australia (established 1896), becoming the new State Bank, owned by the Government of South Australia, in 1984.<ref name=hist/>
The State Bank of South Australia was compartmentalised and bought by The Advance Bank due to deteriorating loan book and financial management. Prior to a bailout by the Government of South Australis, the Savings Bank was on the verge of collapse, which was hastened by the 1991 Royal Commission into The Organisation Of Public State Funds of South Australia. Advance Bank was purchased by St. George Bank in 1997 and the State Bank became part of the greater Westpac Corporation after the merger with St. George Bank.Template:Cn
TodayEdit
BankSA is a wholly owned entity of St George Bank, which is owned by the Westpac Banking Corporation. Westpac is a publicly listed ASX private company with an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Both BankSA and Westpac are a part of the Australian Prudential Banking Deposit Scheme, which gives government assurances of all deposits placed into the bank in the event of financial crises.Template:Better source
Technology and digital bankingEdit
Westpac and synonymously BankSA launched online banking services via internet and smartphone application on 5 December 2015.Template:Cn
Adelaide Fringe partnershipEdit
In November 2005, the State Bank began its sponsorship of Australia's biggest arts festival, the Adelaide Fringe, with a Template:AUD partnership until 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This sponsorship was renewed, and BankSA was the Fringe's principal partner until 2022.<ref>BankSA backs Adelaide Fringe and renews commitment as Principal Partner Adelaide Fringe 10 September 2021</ref>
Further local alliancesEdit
BankSA is a private company that also extends its banking services to government and public institutions, and fellow private businesses, including the entities listed below:Template:Cn
- Law Society of South Australia
- Country Fire Service Volunteers' Association
- Australian Medical Association
- Port Adelaide Football Club
- Local South Australian accounting, financial planning, legal and real estate firms
Implications in Royal CommissionsEdit
BankSA has not been the subject of Royal Commission findings; however, it did have an indirect history in two separate Royal Commissions. The 1991 Royal Commission in South Australia determined that the State Bank of South Australia had an underperforming loan book due to weak lending rules and operational inefficiencies, which led to a government bailout. As a result, the State Bank of South Australia had to separate and sell off the profitable part of its bank to Advance Bank, which was acquired by Westpac in 2008.Template:Cn
Westpac, was implicated in the Banking Royal Commission of 2017 and was ordered to pay the largest penalty of $1.3 billion for money laundering. BankSA was not directly implicated in any penalty or criminal action.Template:Cn