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Business loan fees and charges

The following fees and charges may apply to all business loans.

These should be read in conjunction with the fees and charges specified for the product in your agreement schedule.

Administration charges

Fee type Fee amount
Establishment Fees  
Application Fee Negotiated
Solicitor's Fee At cost to BCU*
Valuation Fee At cost to BCU*
Lenders Mortgage Insurance At cost to BCU*
Production Fee For a Third Party to Produce a Document At cost to BCU*
Bank Cheques $0.00
Title Search Administration Fee (per loan)  
Administration Fees (where applicable)  
Consent Fee $200.00
Construction Loan Drawdown Fee $25.00
Partial Security Release At cost to BCU*
Transfer of Security At cost to BCU*
Discharge of Mortgage  
Without settlement (per document) $350.00
With settlement (per document) $395.00
Withdrawal of Caveat  
Without settlement (per document) $55.00
With settlement (per document) $160.00

General fees

Fee type Fee amount
Overlimit Management Fee
If an overdraft or line of credit account exceeds the approved limit by more than $50 within the month.
$10.00
Late Payment Notification Fee
When payment to a commercial loan becomes overdue by 11 and 30 days.
$5.00
Management Administration Fee
When payment to a commercial loan becomes overdue by more than 90 days.
$50.00
Collection Agent Administration Fee
Payable when you are in arrears for more than 90 days and we choose to engage an external collection agent.
$100.00

Business overdraft facility management fee

Facility management fee charged half yearly on 30 June and 31 December, based on the facility limit.

Fee type Fee amount
Limit up to $20,000
$35.00  
Limit between $20,001 and $100,000
$125.00  
Limit between $100,001 and $300,000
$150.00  
Limit $300,001 and above
$175.00

External dishonour fees

Fee type Fee amount
Direct debit $6.00
Manual trace $40.00
Electronic payment return $0.00

Government charges

State and federal governments apply various charges relating to the loan amount, security, purchase of property and property settlement, for example:

  • Stamp duty
  • Registration/discharge of securities
  • Duty on duplicate documents
  • Searches of land titles

Where applicable these fees and charges are payable by yourself in addition to those shown above.

Further details of applicable government charges are available upon request at any bcu branch or from your Relationship Manager.

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Important information

BCU Bank can change the standard fees and charges that apply to loan accounts from time to time. Please refer to the terms of your credit contract.

* At cost to BCU refers to costs incurred by BCU Bank resulting from the provision of a product or service requested by the customer, which will be passed on to the customer.