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The St.George Bank Personal Loan is a simple, easy finance option for your clients, with competitive interest rates and features including flexible terms and redraw facilities.

Unsecured Personal Loan
Product description The St.George Personal Loan is an unsecured loan for amounts between $3,000 and $40,000 for any personal purpose.
Target audience Available to new or existing customers for personal use. The applicant must be over 18 years of age and standard credit application criteria and terms and conditions apply.
Term Variable Rate: 1 to 7 years

(6 and 7 year terms available on loan amounts > $15k)

Fixed Rate: 1 to 5 years
Statement Frequency Six monthly
Repayment Options Monthly, fortnightly or weekly repayments on principal and interest.
Early Repayment Customers are charged a one off establishment fee and an ongoing monthly fee. An early repayment fee applies to both fixed and variable rate customers. Fixed rate customers also pay a break cost fee upon early discharge.

Refer to schedule of Fees and Charges (pdf, 149kb) for more information.

Redraw Facility Redraw facility available on variable interest rate option only. Minimum redraw amount is $500 and a redraw fee of $10 applies for each approved request.
Secured Personal Loan
Product Description A St.George Bank Secured Personal Loan offers borrowers the opportunity to provide a motor vehicle as security over a personal loan and may be used for any worthwhile purpose such as buying a new car, to consolidate debts or going on a holiday.
Acceptable Security Any motor vehicle being purchased or an existing unencumbered motor vehicle already owned outright by the applicant, subject to acceptable security guidelines, including:
  • The borrowers and owners of the security vehicle must be the same. That is, a vehicle owned or being purchased by one borrower is not acceptable security for a loan in joint names.
  • Only one motor vehicle can be used as security for the loan
NB: Second hand imported motor vehicles are not acceptable security.
Loan Size Minimum: $ 3,000

Maximum: $60,000

Loan Term Variable Rate     1 to 7 years

(6 and 7 year terms available on loan amounts > $15k)

Fixed Rate     1 to 5 years

Redraw Facility A redraw facility is available on Variable Rate Personal Loans only.

Minimum redraw amount is $500, and a $10 redraw fee applied for each approved request.

Documentation Required Private Sale:
A Vendor Tax Invoice is required when borrowers are purchasing a motor vehicle (which is being used as security for the proposed loan) via a private sale. A copy of the form can be downloaded from our website.

Caryard Purchase:
Tax Invoice or Contract of Sale is required when borrowers are purchasing a motor vehicle (which is being used as security for the proposed loan) from a licensed motor vehicle dealer. The tax invoice must contain the required motor vehicle identification particulars.

Existing Motor Vehicle:
If a vehicle already owned outright by the borrower/s is to be used as security for the loan, a copy of the vehicle's registration papers are required.

Comprehensive Insurance:
Evidence that the Motor Vehicle being used as security for the loan has Comprehensive Insurance, with St.George Bank noted as an interested party, must be provided in all instances.


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