Established in 1971 by Australia’s customer-owned banking movement, Cufa has provided a range of economic empowerment and financial inclusion activities across the Asia-Pacific region over five decades.
Since 2016, AMF has provided a platform for mutuals to assist at-risk children and youth in Australia, while helping to alleviate poverty across South East Asia and the Pacific through the development of sustainable cooperative financial organisations.
On 1 April 2026, Cufa and AMF merged to form Australian Mutuals Foundation–CUFA (AMF–CUFA), bringing together CUFA’s extensive experience delivering financial capability, financial inclusion, and livelihoods programs with AMF’s long-standing role supporting the mutuals sector through sector development, thought leadership, and domestic benevolent activities.
AMF-Cufa is a non-profit civil society organisation, fully accredited by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). As a signatory to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), we are fully compliant with its Code of Conduct, demonstrating its commitment to transparency, accountability and sustainable development practice.
Our work has made an impact on communities in more than 25 countries across the Asia-Pacific, including Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Timor Leste.
Following the merger, our values and goals reflect a unified vision that builds on the strengths of Australian Mutuals Foundation and Cufa. By combining our expertise, we provide financial literacy education and financial inclusion initiatives, harnessing the strengths of the Australian mutuals and credit union sector to foster the resilience of vulnerable communities.