10 October 2013
Bankmecu Managing Director, Damien Walsh, was interviewed by Alan Kohler for Inside Business on Qantas Radio this month.
Mr Walsh details bankmecu’s transition from being a credit union and what’s in store for Australia’s first customer-owned bank in the future.
Photo: Damien Walsh, MD, bankmecu with Mark Degotardi, Head of Public Affairs, Customer Owned Banking Association
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