Mercantile Mutual

{{Short description|Defunct Australian insurance and finance company (1878–2001)}}

The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company was an Australian insurance and financial services company. It was established in 1878,{{cite book |title=Major Companies of The Far East and Australasia 1992/93: Volume 3: Australia and New Zealand |date=1992 |publisher=Graham and Trotman |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9vuCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |access-date=14 September 2023}} and lasted until 2001, when it became part of ING Australia.{{cite news |last1=Gilbert |first1=Lachlan |title=Mercantile Mutual name to disappear |url=https://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/financial-planning/mercantile-mutual-name-disappear |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=Money Management |publisher=Momentum Media |date=12 February 2001}} The insurance portion of the business was later sold to ANZ and branded as OnePath in 2010.{{cite news |title=ANZ rebrands ING as OnePath |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/anz-rebrands-ing-as-onepath-ng-ya-203168 |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=The West Australian |date=4 August 2010}}{{cite web |title=About OnePath |url=https://access.onepathsuperinvest.com.au/personal-business/about-onepath.aspx |publisher=OnePath |access-date=14 September 2023}}

Mercantile Mutual sponsored the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament from 1992 to 2001, when it was called the "Mercantile Mutual Cup".

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