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Number of bank employees in Australiae 132,000
Number of bank customersi 18 million
Number of bank shareholdersa,i 3 million
Dividends paid by banks to shareholderse $28 billion
Tax paid by bankse $14.2 billion
Number of banksd 91
Major Bank Levye $1.6 billion
Bank branchesd 5,200
Bank ATMsd 11,459
Number of small business loans with banksa,j 1.12 million
Average interest rate for small businessi 5.30%
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a ABA
b ABS
c Australian Payments Network APN
d APRA
e Bank annual reports, 8 listed banks
f DBM

g Galaxy
h RBA
i Roy Morgan
j Workplace Gender Equality Agency
k Treasury
l Reuters

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