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New Customers
St.George offers a competitive range of deposit accounts that can be linked to the directshares online share trading facility.
3 Easy Steps to Get Started
- Open an eligible deposit account# with St.George. To make things easier for you we have provided you with a couple of options to choose from below:
- Complete your identification for your new deposit account
- Open your directshares trading account online. You will be given partial access to the directshares website once you have completed and submitted the online application
Option 1 - Power Saver
This account is suitable for investors looking for a high interest paying account with convenient access to funds.+
Benefits include:
- Used for settlement of all buy and sell trades via your directshares account
- Real-time account balance via your directshares account
- Convenience of setting up to receive your share dividend payments
- Competitive interest rates paid on your credit balances
- No monthly account service fees
- Unlimited free internet and telephone banking transactions
- Branch and ATM / EFTPOS access available
- Tiered interest rates so that the more money you have in the account the higher the interest rate
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Terms and conditions apply and are available upon request. Fees & charges apply.
You are eligible for the Promotional Rate of 6.40%p.a. if you open a new Power Saver Account during the promotional period with funds from a non-St.George Bank source. Existing customers may also open a new Power Saver with new funds from a non-St.George Bank source. Promotion period 2 July 2007 – 31 August 2008. Promotional interest rate will apply from 17 August 2007 till the end of 12 months from the account opening date and thereafter our standard variable interest rates apply to the entire balance. The promotional interest rate is subject to change during the promotional period. If we received your funds after 5.00 P.M. E.S.T. (e.g. a Friday 5.05 P.M.) we would treat your account as if it was opened on the next business day (e.g. next Monday if it is a business day). During this window period your funds will earn our Standard Variable Interest Rate.
Option 2 - Express Freedom
Express Freedom is suitable to use for your everyday banking needs and provides the convenience of a Visa Debit card.+
Express Freedom benefits include:
- Used for settlement of all buy and sell trades via your directshares account
- Use as your everyday banking account and access your funds using a Visa Debit card
- Real time account balance via your directshares account
- Flat $5 monthly account service fee that provides unlimited internet, telephone, St.George ATM, EFTPOS and Bpay transactions
- Cheque book and overdraft available
- Branch access
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Important information
Before deciding to acquire or continue to hold a product, you should read the Terms and Conditions and ensure the product is appropriate. The governing Terms and Conditions documents for Transaction Accounts includes the Transaction, Savings & Investment Accounts Banking Services Terms and Conditions & General Information, Transaction, Savings & Investment Accounts - Fees & Charges and How to Minimise Them and interest rates for NSW, ACT, SA & NT, interest rates for VIC, QLD, WA & TAS. The Terms and Conditions are important and we encourage you to view, save and/or print this document. If you would like a paper copy of the document, please visit your local branch or request one by post. St.George issues the products on this website.
Any advice on this website is prepared without consideration of your personal objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on this advice, you should consider if it is appropriate for you.
# other transaction and special service fees apply.
*Subject to system availability
# You can use most St.George or BankSA deposit accounts to link to your directshares broking account with the EXCEPTION of the following:
• Express Saver, the high interest online savings account
• directsaver, the high interest personal savings account from dragondirect
• Business Express Saver, the high interest online savings account for businesses
• Any account that requires two signatures for all account operations, e.g. an account that requires two signatures to withdraw funds
• Term deposit accounts
• Foreign currency accounts
