| dbo:abstract |
Challenge Bank was an Australian bank. It was established in April 1987 when the Hotham Permanent Building Society of Victoria and Perth Building Society of Western Australia merged. In December 1995 it was purchased by Westpac. In May 1996, the Victorian business was sold to the Bank of Melbourne that in turn was purchased by Westpac in 1997. The Challenge Bank brand was retired in the early 2000s. (en) |
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dbr:Perth_Building_Society |
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1987-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:industry |
dbr:Retail_banking |
| dbo:location |
dbr:Perth dbr:Western_Australia |
| dbo:regionServed |
dbr:Western_Australia dbr:Victoria,_Australia |
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https://web.archive.org/web/20000510204400/https:/www.challengebank.com.au/ |
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| dbp:areaServed |
dbr:Victoria,_Australia Western Australia (en) |
| dbp:foundation |
April 1987 (en) |
| dbp:founder |
dbr:Perth_Building_Society Hotham Permanent Building Society (en) |
| dbp:industry |
dbr:Retail_banking |
| dbp:location |
dbr:Perth dbr:Western_Australia |
| dbp:website |
https://web.archive.org/web/20000510204400/https:/www.challengebank.com.au/ |
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dbt:Infobox_company dbt:Reflist dbt:ASX dbt:Westpac |
| dcterms:subject |
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| rdfs:comment |
Challenge Bank was an Australian bank. It was established in April 1987 when the Hotham Permanent Building Society of Victoria and Perth Building Society of Western Australia merged. In December 1995 it was purchased by Westpac. In May 1996, the Victorian business was sold to the Bank of Melbourne that in turn was purchased by Westpac in 1997. The Challenge Bank brand was retired in the early 2000s. (en) |
| rdfs:label |
Challenge Bank (en) |
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wikidata:Challenge Bank https://global.dbpedia.org/id/G8Tca |
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wikipedia-en:Challenge_Bank?oldid=1059215561&ns=0 |
| foaf:homepage |
https://web.archive.org/web/20000510204400/https:/www.challengebank.com.au/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000510204400/https://www.challengebank.com.au/ |
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wikipedia-en:Challenge_Bank |
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dbr:International_Westminster_Bank dbr:Timeline_of_banking_in_Western_Australia dbr:Bank_of_Melbourne_(1989) dbr:Westpac dbr:Bank_of_Melbourne_(2011) dbr:Banking_in_Australia dbr:Four_pillars_policy dbr:Perth_Building_Society |
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wikipedia-en:Challenge_Bank |