Company type | State-owned company |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1896 |
Founder | Government of South Australia |
Defunct | 1991 |
Fate | Bank failure |
Successor | BankSA |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | State of South Australia |
Products | Banking services |
Owner | Australian Government |
The State Bank of South Australia was a bank created in 1896 and owned by the Government of South Australia. The bank became the subject of a two-year South Australian Royal Commission upon its collapse in 1991. The surviving part of the bank now exists as BankSA.