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St.George Bank is an Australian bank with its headquarters in Sydney. Since a 2008 merger, the bank has been part of Westpac , having previously been an independent legal entity. In 2010, St.George was deregistered as a company and ceased to be a standalone authorised deposit-taking institution.
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Robert (Rob) Ian Chapman AM (born 1964) is an Australian businessman, former CEO of St George Bank and former chairman of the Adelaide Football Club [1] and currently chair of the board of Adelaide Airport. [2] He has previously been considered to be one of South Australia's most influential people. [3]
The Bank's headquarters were at the Palazzo San Giorgio, which was built in the 13th century by the order of Guglielmo Boccanegra, uncle of Simone Boccanegra, the first Doge of Genoa. On June 11, 1857 the ancient lock from the vault of the bank of St George was presented to the Philadelphia historical society by Lieutenant George H. Hare USN. [4]
The Advance Bank was an Australian bank that existed from 1985 until 1997, when it merged with St George Bank. [1] It is not related to Advance Bank AG of Germany (which was shut down by Allianz in 2003). It was established as the NSW Permanent Building & Investment Society in 1939.
Superbank was a joint-venture retail bank in New Zealand, operated by St George Bank in association with the New Zealand grocery-retailer Foodstuffs. Superbank operated between 2003 and 2006. Superbank provided retail transaction banking. Superbank marketed its services through product-information leaflets at New World, Pak'n Save, and Four Square.
343 George Street, Sydney is a heritage-listed former bank building and now nine-storey retail and commercial premises. It is located at 343 George Street in the Sydney central business district , in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales , Australia.
The origin of its name is obscure. The 1610 Velasco map, prepared for King James I of England, used the name "S. Georges Banck", a common practice when the name of the English patron saint, St. George, was sprinkled around the English-colonized world. By the 1850s, it was known simply as Georges Bank.