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 Cardboth
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 visitwww.mcgrathpinkvisa.com.au
Easy Streetis
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