The Board of Directors is very pleased to announce to you, our members, Dnister’s newly appointed CEO Andrew James. Andrew will be commencing as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dnister on the 29th of August 2022. The Directors and staff look forward to working with Andrew, who will be an integral in developing and implementing [...]
Over the Christmas and New Year season our branches will be trading on the following dates: The Essendon Branch will be closed on: Mon 26th Dec 2022 Boxing Day Tue 27th Dec 2022 Additional Christmas Day Public Holiday Mon 2nd Jan 2023 Additional New Year's Day Public Holiday Fri 6th Jan 2023 - [...]
For over 60 years Dnister has understood the importance of nurturing language and culture with our youth. Our ongoing commitment and support to schools and playgroups continues yearly by donating hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of funding towards Ukrainian and Latvian language schools. This year Dnister provided: $9,975 to Schools and Playgroups and [...]
Meet some members of our finance team who work tirelessly, analysing, comparing, and reporting to ensure that our members are being looked after, especially now that we are in unprecedented times where rates from the Reserve Bank have increased rapidly over the past months. The Dnister team has ensured that, unlike the major lenders, for [...]
Following the June Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting, the RBA announced a lift in the cash rate by +0.50% to 0.85%. What this means for you is that Dnister will be increasing the interest rate on variable rate home and business loans by +0.45% as of 23rd June 2022. Members will be able to [...]
9th March 2022 All Dnister Visa Cards are issued in Australia Members are advised sanctions announced yesterday by Visa/Mastercard will not impact members in Australia or Ukraine, except in the Russian Federation. Details on the sanctions announced by Visa and Mastercard are detailed below. Visa Sanctions Update Visa has announced that effective immediately, they are [...]
Following the May Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting, the RBA announced a lift in the cash rate by +0.25% to 0.35%. What this means for you is that Dnister will be increasing the interest rate on variable rate home and business loans by +0.25% as of 17th May 2022. Members will be able to [...]
Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative is honoured to continue our ongoing support of the Ukrainian Youth Association's (CYM) Youth Self Development Course. On Sunday 5th June the Self Development participants attended an information session at our Head Office. The Dnister staff provided an excellent overview of our values, mission and vision as a member owned credit [...]
22nd November 2021 Dnister’s CEO, Liam Tiernan, is leaving Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Ltd and his last working day will be 31 January 2022. Liam has decided to leave for personal and family reasons. Liam was appointed in September 2012 with a mandate to build an organisation for future generations by empowering our members [...]
Update as of 26th July 2021 Dear valued Geelong Members and Community, Dnister is unique in that it’s the only remaining financial institution in Australia that was established by Ukrainians for the benefit of our members. We are proud of our heritage and our mission of building an organisation for future generations to choose [...]
Update as at 23rd December 2020. Westpac has advised that their agreement for Agency Services with Indue and Dnister will expire on 31st May 2021 for cheques and 26th February 2021 for deposits. The expiration of this agreement and ceasing of Agency Services will impact many financial institutions and this will also affect the [...]
Dnister held its 62nd Annual General Meeting virtually on Sunday 7th November 2021. The meeting was attended by Members and guests from around Australia. Greetings from Ukrainian and Latvian Organisations and Community Groups were received acknowledging the support provided to them by Dnister. We thank them for their ongoing support. Strength in Unity! The [...]
Dnister held its 61st Annual General Meeting on Sunday 1st November 2020. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions and in the interest of our members health and well being, the meeting was held virtually. The meeting was well attended by Members and guests from around Australia. The results of the main items of business were [...]
Dnister today has strongly endorsed a new campaign which proudly celebrates the ingenuity and ‘can do’ spirit of Australia. Launched by the Customer Owned Banking Association, the campaign focuses on the relationship between hard-working Australians and customer owned banking. “Dnister is part of a movement that began in Australia when groups of like-minded workers [...]
Dear Members, Strength in Unity is Dnister's motto and never has that sentiment been more appropriate nor more important. The measures necessarily taken by the Australian Federal and State Governments to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic will act to significantly reduce the impact of the virus on our Australian Community but will also have [...]
