Products & Services Overview

We offer a range of products and services to help your ministry grow into the future.

Transactional and Investment Accounts

We provide transactional and investment accounts that allow you to manage transactions with ease. We provide a competitive rate of return on your funds and do not charge account keeping fees.

You can manage transactions through:

Direct Debits & Periodical payments;
Cheque issuance facilities; and
Over the counter deposits at Westpac branches.

Interest Rate Schedule
(for Parishes, Church Agencies, Schools, Entities and Clergy only)

Effective 1 July 2023

Account	Rate*
Transactional account	0.10% p.a.
Investment account	3.00% p.a.
Investment account bonus rate (Maximum 2 withdrawals per month)	1.00% p.a.

*Interest calculated daily and credited at the end of each month. Interest rates subject to change without notice.

Corporate Credit Cards

To assist you with managing expenses, corporate credit cards are available through our partnership with Westpac. Having a corporate credit card reduces the need for more manual payment methods such as petty cash and issuing of cheques.

DDF Online

Enables Catholic Entities to access accounts online at any time to:

View balances, transactions and statements;
Transfer funds; and
Upload creditor payments; and
Make BPAY payments

Loans

We provide flexible and tailored loans to Catholic Church entities to fund a range of purposes:

New constructions
Acquisitions
Renovations & Refurbishments
New technology

Merchant Services

Through our partnership with Westpac, a range of merchant services are available to our customers:

Payments in person (EFTPOS);
Recurring payments from debit or credit cards; and
Accepting payments online.

Other Services

We can also assist you with a number of other financial services including:

International Transfers;
Bank guarantees;
Foreign currency; and
Cash floats.

Our Relationship with Westpac

The DDF has worked with the Westpac Bank for a number of years. Through this long standing relationship, we are able to facilitate the provision of products and services for our customers. An added benefit of this long standing relationship is the negotiated discounted pricing that all DDF customers receive on Westpac products and services that are established by the DDF. For information on any of the Westpac products and services that the DDF can assist you with, please contact us.