New name for Bendigo Bank

The Bendigo Bank, with branches in the region at Parramatta, Homebush, North Epping and North Ryde, has changed its name to the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd, following the approval of shareholders at an extraordinary meeting, in Bendigo, The friendly $4 million merger of the two institutions was first agreed last September. The bank will release its first half results from the middle of February.