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We were sad this week to hear the news of the passing of Bank First inaugural Board Chair and one of our founding members, Peter Leonard-Kanevsky.

As a proud mutual bank - we’re sharing our story globally in 2025 - a year declared as the International Year of Cooperatives. And the best place to start? At the very beginning.

We have started 2025 with a welcome to new board director Jen Johanson who joined Bank First on 1 January. Welcome Jenny.

Simon Terry returns to Bank First as Chair, having served on the board from 2018 until 2022.

They're everywhere! Numbers with decimal points and percentage marks. All over our feeds. Learn the meaning of interest rates and how they work.

Who better to put their voice to our Acknowledgement of Country than the people Members speak to when they call our Call Centre?

Bank First is delighted to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Compton to the board of directors.

Bank First has announced the appointment of Simon Terry as Chair Elect, succeeding Bernie Lloyd who is retiring from the Board after 13 years of service.

After 13 years on our board, Bernie Lloyd's final 'official' meeting will be the 2024 Annual General Meeting.

The Cleary family represent three generations of Bank First Members. Three-year-old Alfie, is one of our newest Members and represents the future of Bank First.

Bank First Chair Bernie Lloyd has been officially inducted into the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutual (BCCM) honour roll.

Armed with colour-coded bins, Oscar Romero Catholic Primary School students are managing waste sustainably and showing us all how it’s done.