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P&N Bank is a division of Police & Nurses Limited and is an Australian customer-owned bank based in Western Australia. Operating under a mutual model, P&N Bank provides retail banking services such as home loans, savings accounts, and insurance services. The bank has a network of branches throughout Perth and Bunbury

As a customer-owned bank, there are no third-party shareholders.

History

Police & Nurses Credit Society originated in Western Australia in 1990 from the merger of the Police Credit Society of Western Australia Ltd and Western Australia Nurses Credit Society Ltd. In 2001, the organisation merged with Energy Credit Union Ltd, which was the amalgamation of a number of smaller WA credit unions, the oldest of which was established in 1949. Around 15 credit unions make up P&N Bank's history.

• 1969: Western Australian Police Union Cooperative Credit Union Society Limited established
• 1972: WA Nurses Credit Society Limited established
• 1981: MTT Salaried Officers Association Credit Union merged with the Police Credit Society and membership was extended to members of the Army, Navy and Air Force
• 1990: Merger of the Police Credit Society and the Nurses Credit Society to Police & Nurses Credit Society
• 2001: Energy Credit Union merged into Police & Nurses Credit Society
• 2013: Police & Nurses Credit Society became a mutual bank trading as P&N Bank
• 2019: Bananacoast Community Credit Union based in Coffs Harbour became a division of Police & Nurses Limited, establishing a national multi-brand organisation with P&N Bank operating in Western Australia and BCU Bank operating in New South Wales and South East Queensland
• 2024: P&N Bank signed a Memorandum of understanding to investigate a potential merger with Beyond Bank Australia, it did not proceed

References

1. Police Credit Society of Western Australia Ltd
2. Western Australia Nurses Credit Society Ltd
3. Energy Credit Union Ltd
4. "P&N Bank and Beyond Bank explore the opportunity to merge". 5 June 2024.
5. P&N Bank pulls billion dollar merger with Beyond Bank after questions raised about Beyond boss The West Australian 15 September 2024

• Banks of Australia
• Banks established in 2013
• Companies based in Perth, Western Australia
• 2013 establishments in Australia