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State Bank of New South Wales

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Industry
  
Financial services

Headquarters
  
Martin Place

Founded
  
1 July 1933

Defunct
  
1994

Area served
  
New South Wales

Ceased operations
  
1994

State Bank of New South Wales

Formerly called
  
Rural Bank of New South Wales

Predecessor
  
Government Savings Bank of New South Wales

Successors
  
Colonial First State, Commonwealth Bank

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The State Bank of New South Wales, until 1982 known as the Rural Bank of New South Wales, was a bank that was owned by the Government of New South Wales. It existed from 1933 until 2000, when it was taken over by the Commonwealth Bank.

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History of operations

The bank started in 1933 as the Rural Bank of NSW, which was a bank that primarily lent to and dealt with farmers. In 1982 the bank's name was changed to the State Bank of NSW and so was its mandate, to that of a standard commercial bank, although it had been operating in this way for some years. It did, however, keep its famous slogan 'We do more for you personally'.

The Bank was 'corporatised' in 1990, under the State Owned Corporations Act 1989 (NSW) and the State Bank (Corporatisation) Act 1989 (NSW). On 14 May 1990 the existing State Bank was dissolved, and all of its assets and business undertaking were vested in an incorporated State Bank, limited by shares.

In 1994 the bank was sold to Colonial, a financial services company. The bank changed its name to Colonial State Bank in 1996. In 2000 it too was taken over, this time by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

This bank should not be confused with the Bank of New South Wales, which was Australia's first bank and operated from 1817 until 1982 when it became part of Westpac.

Chairmen

  • William O’Malley Wood, June 1933 – April 1934
  • Sir Clarence McKerihan, April 1934 – 1961
  • References

    State Bank of New South Wales Wikipedia