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Rural Bank extends flood assistance measures
18 January, 2011
Rural Bank today extended its previously announced financial assistance measures for customers affected by the current floods to include Victoria as well as Queensland and New South Wales.
Rural Bank assistance measures include:
Rural Bank assistance measures include:
- Waiving of break costs for early withdrawal of funds from Term Deposits;
- Waiving of break costs for early withdrawal of funds from Fixed Rate Farm Management Deposits;
- Deferring principal payments of Agribusiness Term Loans for three months on request;
- Deferring annual and / or limit reviews by up to three months on request;
- Waiving the establishment fee for restructuring Agribusiness loans; and
- Waiving application fees for Overdraft Temporary Limits
Customers who have any queries should contact::
Elders and Rural Bank customers:
- Contact you local District Banking Manager
- Your local Elders Office
- Call Rural Bank on 1300 660 115
Bendigo Agribusiness customers:
- Contact you local Agribusiness Manager
- Your local Bendigo Bank or Community branch
- Call Bendigo Bank on 1300 BENDIGO (1300 236 344)
Rural Bank is supporting the Elders Rural Flood appeal and the Bendigo Community Enterprise Foundation Flood appeal.
Donations can be made at the following locations:
- Any Elders office,
- Any Bendigo Bank or Community Branch
- or via the Bendigo Bank website at www.bendigobank.com.au/foundation/eldersfloods
Rural Bank is conscious of supporting all flood impacted customers at this time and will assess each applicant individually to maintain proper lending practices and importantly ensure that customers do not continue to be adversely impacted by this situation.
Flood Assistance – Customer Fact Sheet


