Newcastle Permanent was an Australian

building society A building society is a financial institution owned by its members as a mutual organization, which offers banking institution, banking and related financial services, especially savings and mortgage loan, mortgage lending. They exist in the Unit ...

, and is now a brand of Newcastle Greater Mutual Group, as a result of a merger with

Greater Bank Greater Bank is an Australian customer-owned bank and now a brand of Newcastle Greater Mutual Group, an organisation formed through the merger between Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent Building Society. The bank was earlier known as the Great ...

. Its head office is located in

Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle ( ; ), is a large Metropolitan area, metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the cities of City of Newcastle, Newcastle and Ci ...

, Australia.

History

* 1903 – Founded as a Starr-Bowkett Society in the Newcastle suburb of Wickham on 2 February 1903 * 1939 – Newcastle Permanent Building Society was established * 1966 – First branch was opened to customers * 1970 – Introduced its famous ‘house’ logo * 1983 – Relocation of office headquarters to King St, Newcastle * 1984 – Installation of Newcastle Permanent's first ATM * 2001 – Internet banking was launched for Newcastle Permanent customers * 2004 – The Charitable Foundation distributed its first grant * 2018 – Celebrated 115 years of banking. * 2023 – Merged with

In November 2022, Newcastle Permanent's members voted to merge the society with

, to take effect in March 2023, provided regulatory approval. Both brands were planned to continue.

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* Building societies of Australia Banks established in 1903 Companies based in Newcastle, New South Wales Australian companies established in 1903 {{finance-company-stub