Commonwealth Bank of Australia - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/retail

CommBank to provide personal finance tools to Smartgroup users

Australian families can unlock more of their hard-earned pay and grow their wealth through a new agreement between the Commonwealth Bank and Smartgroup.

18 March 2024

Company announcement/devops

CBA and Microsoft deepen Gen AI partnership

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today announced it is deepening its existing partnership with Microsoft after signing a new ‘letter of intent’ to work together on a range of initiatives to deliver more for customers.

11 March 2024

News/security

CommBank and Vodafone share real-time intelligence on SMS scams

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is collaborating with Vodafone to share SMS scam intelligence in near real-time, allowing the telco to identify and disrupt scammers while the bank makes proactive blocks on fraudulent payments.

07 December 2023

Company announcement/wholesale

CBA speeds up business lending

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia today announced new enhancements to its business lending process that will enable eligible small business customers to receive an instant conditional decision on the spot for cars, utes and vans - delivering one of the fastest decisioning in market across the major banks.

06 December 2023

Company announcement/retail

CommBank reports growing app uptake

Commonwealth Bank has today provided an update on its strategy to reimagine the banking experience for its retail and business customers as they increasingly adopt and use its leading digital banking services.

29 November 2023

News/payments

CBA rolls out payment orchestration platform

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has teamed up with payment orchestration platform Paydock to roll out 'PowerBoard', providing merchants with a single access to an unlimited number of payment methods and providers.

28 November 2023

Company announcement/security

Bendigo Bank and Satori to pilot CBA NameCheck technology

Commonwealth Bank has announced that Bendigo Bank and fraud monitoring company Satori, are each looking to pilot CBA’s industry leading NameCheck technology in a bid to further protect Australians from scams and mistaken payments.

27 November 2023

News/payments

CBA to release AI source code for countering abusive transaction messages

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is to make its artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for countering abusive transaction messages available for free, to any bank in the world.

14 November 2023

Company announcement/security

CBA to extend scam-detecting technologies nationwide

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today announced it is expanding its anti-scam technologies, as part of a national effort to combat the rise of increasingly complex fraud and scams.

02 November 2023

News/retail

CBA using Gen AI to create 'synthetic customers' for testing of new products

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is studying the use of generative AI to create 'synthetic customers' capable of emulating human behaviour, to test the response to new products and services.

23 October 2023

News/identity

Oz banks back digital identity network

A new digital ID service now lets Australians use their bank to verify their identity to third parties.

17 October 2023

News/retail

CBA hires gaming team to gamify kids money app Kit

Kit, the kids’ money app built by Commonwealth Bank, has moved into gamified learning, helping young people build financial capability through bite-sized education and experiences.

03 October 2023

News/wholesale

CBA to buy invoice lending fintech Waddle

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has entered an agreement to acquire cloud-based invoice lending platform Waddle.

07 September 2023

Company announcement/payments

CBA brings contactless transit payments to Victorians

Victorian commuters are set to enjoy a next generation ticketing system facilitated by the Commonwealth Bank.

22 August 2023

News/payments

CBA pilots police referral service for serial abusers

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is launching a police referral pilot for reporting people who use transaction description fields in payments to send abusive messages.

08 August 2023

Company announcement/retail

CommSec ships international share trading platform

CommSec is making it easier for more Australians to start their investing journey with the launch of a range of new features, including a new online international share trading platform offering a fast account set-up experience, easy access to 13 equities markets and brokerage rates from USD$5.

31 July 2023

Company announcement/retail

CBS releases online application for home loan refinancing

Commonwealth Bank has today announced an optimised digital functionality to make it easier and quicker for customers to refinance their home loan online.

31 July 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

CommBank introduces green buildings tool for commercial real estate

Commonwealth Bank and Netherlands-based company CFP Green Buildings have worked together to help commercial property customers identify and implement meaningful, strategic actions to improve the environmental outcomes of their building operations through a new Green Buildings Tool.

31 July 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

CommBank’s x15ventures seeks startups working towards net-zero future

The Commonwealth Bank’s venture-scaling arm, x15ventures, today announces the opening of applications for Xccelerate, its annual accelerated investment program for early-stage startups seeking to explore pathways to corporate partnership.

18 July 2023

News/sustainable

CBA invests in climate investment house Wollemi Capital

Climate investment firm Wollemi Capital, founded by former Macquarie Capital chief Tim Bishop, has raised $220 million and attracted Commonwealth Bank as a strategic investor and partner.

10 July 2023