Paying down your home loan just got easier
If you’re looking for a way to own your home sooner, we’ve got a clever solution. It’s called The Boost and it can help you make payments into your home loan account every time you spend.
Simply set an amount between $0.01 and $5 to automatically transfer to your home loan account every time you use your Great Southern Bank Visa Debit card. You’ll be making extra repayments every time you spend.
When you set up one $2 Boost and make an average of three transactions a day, you’ll repay over $2,000 a year without having to think about it!
With extra repayments of $2,000 per year or more easily achievable with The Boost, you could shave years off your repayment term.
What you need to Boost your home loan
Open an account in less than five minutes.
Find the loan that fits your needs.
Own your home sooner with The Boost
Setting up just one $2 Boost can make a huge difference to your home loan repayments. And the best part is you’ll own your home sooner.
Use the slider below to calculate how much you could repay by adding a Boost to your regular monthly spend.
Get started by selecting The Boost from the left-hand menu.
Choose your ‘from’ account2 and select your home loan account, then set your transfer amount. Repeat this step to set up to three Boosts.
Simply log in to online banking to switch The Boost on and off or make changes in an instant.
The Boost handy helpers
The short answer is yes. The length of time you will save will depend on your pre-set Boost amount and how frequently you use your debit card, but we have an average to give you an idea.
Many of our customers have saved an extra $200 a month simply by setting up The Boost on their Great Southern Bank Everyday Account. Imagine this applied to your loan.
On average, our customers have used The Boost to save an extra $2,000 a year. They do this by simply setting The Boost to $2 and making an average of three transactions a day.
If you were to apply this to your home loan, you’d be making $2,000 in extra repayments by simply paying an extra $6 off your home loan each day!
The amount that you repay will depend on your own Boost amount and how often you make a transaction; but rest assured, the small payments can make a big difference.
You can switch The Boost on and off and change your amount quickly and easily in online banking. Your changes are instant, so you don’t have to wait.
If you are switching off a Boost because you are worried you don’t have enough in your transaction account, don’t worry! If you don’t have the required amount available, the Boost won’t come out. It’s designed to help you bank smarter not harder.
If you have an Overdraft or Line of Credit account: Please note that your Boost will come out even if you don’t have the required available balance. This means that if the Boost takes your Overdraft or Line of Credit account into a debit balance then interest is payable.
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1 If you have an overdraft or a line of credit: please note that The Boost will take your account into debit if the required balance isn’t available. If your Boost takes the account into debit, interest will be payable.
2 The Boost is not available on business accounts.