Customer owned banking in Australia has $106 billion in assets which underlines that the customer owned model, with its 4 million customers, is the proven alternative to the listed model in retail banking. COBA represents the below-the-radar building societies, mutuals and credit unions who provide banking services to many Australians but don’t have much of a voice when the banking sector is discussed in Canberra or the media. 

<p>Customer owned banking in Australia has $106 billion in assets which underlines that the customer owned model, with its 4 million customers, is the proven alternative to the listed model in retail banking. COBA represents the below-the-radar building societies, mutuals and credit unions who provide banking services to many Australians but don&rsquo;t have much of a voice when the banking sector is discussed in Canberra or the media.&nbsp;</p>

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