Winners - 2014 Best of the Best Awards

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Winners - 2014 Best of the Best Awards - CFCU

Community First Credit Union wins again – scooping Money Magazine’s 2014 Best of the Best Awards 
  • Community First’s Low Rate and McGrath Pink Visa credit cards win major industry award
  • Australia’s leading personal finance magazine recognises Easy Street for the second year running winning Best Savings Account Regular Deposits Non-Bank

Community First Credit Union is proud to announce that is has again been recognised for its innovative products by winning two categories in Money magazine’s 2014 Best of the Best Awards. 
The Low Rate and McGrath Pink Visa credit cards have, for the first time, won the category for Cheapest Credit Card Non-Bank Lender and Easy Street’s Bonus Saver Account is winner for the second year running of the Best Savings Account Regular Deposits Non-Bank. 
“We are absolutely delighted by the win,” said Mr John Tancevski, Chief Executive Officer of Community First Credit Union. 
“It’s a great honour for Community First to receive the Money magazine 2014 Best of the Best Award and not just in one category this year, but two.” 
“We have always set out to offer the most competitive products and being recipients of the Awards again acknowledge our products, with our credit cards offering one of Australia’s lowest ongoing rates of 8.99% p.a. on all purchases and cash advances.” 
By winning the Best of the Best, the McGrath Pink Visa and Low Rate credit cards have reaffirmed their status as the country’s most competitive credit cards and one of the most awarded. 
In August they won the Smart Investor Blue Ribbon Awards 2013 for the Low Rate Credit Card Category and have also received a 5 star rating for Outstanding Value by comparison website Canstar. Canstar assessed 181 credit cards offered by 67 lenders in Australia for its 2013 Credit Card Star Ratings Report.[1] 
It is the fifth time since launching in 2002 that Easy Street, an online initiative of Community First, has been chosen by Money magazine for the Best of the Best Awards and the second year running that it has won this category. 
“At Community First we continually strive to deliver the best products and services for our members - our continued recognition in the marketplace and industry Awards serves to demonstrate our commitment to this,” Mr Tancevski concluded. 
McGrath Pink Visa and Community First’s Low Rate Credit Card both offer the same great features and for every McGrath Pink Visa Card issued, Community First donates half of the card’s annual fee to the McGrath Foundation to provide funding for specialist breast care nurses to help women diagnosed with breast cancer. Along with Community First’s Low Rate credit card, the McGrath Pink Visa Card it has the lowest interest rate in the country.
For more information visit www.mcgrathpinkvisa.com.au
Easy Street is an online initiative of Community First Credit Union and an Authorised Deposit-taking Institution (ADI) – meaning depositors can rest easy that their money is safe. Easy Street is regulated under the Banking Act and meets the same high standards of prudential regulation as banks, with full regulatory oversight by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
Easy Street’s Members’ deposits are covered by the Financial Claims Scheme which includes a Deposit Guarantee of $250,000 per person per financial institution, with the guarantee provided by the Australian Government. For more information about the Scheme visitwww.guaranteescheme.gov.au
For more information about Easy Street, please visit www.easystreet.com.au
[1] http://www.canstar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/credit-cards-april-2013.pdf