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Younger Consumers in Australia Spending Less on Essentials Due to Cost of Living Crisis – Report

Australians are freeing up more of their wallet for discretionary purchases with a focus on value and convenience, according to the CommBank iQ Cost of Living Insights analysis. Overall spending continues to trail inflation, up by just “1.5 per cent compared to the same time… Read More

CommBank, Telstra Announce Expanded Anti-Scam Tech to Help Protect Elderly Consumers in Australia from Fraudulent Activities

CommBank and Telstra announced their anti-scam technology Scam Indicator has been expanded to cover landlines, to help detect suspicious calls in real-time, helping to avoid money being lost to scammers. The anti-scam technology, which was “conceived and developed in partnership with Quantium Telstra to help… Read More

CommBank Customer Scam Losses Reportedly Halved After Intro of Measures including Anti-Scam Technologies

CommBank customer scam losses halved in FY24 following the introduction of measures including market leading anti-scam technologies, spearheading cross industry collaborations, ongoing proactive policy measures and strengthening customer awareness. James Roberts, CommBank General Manager of Group Fraud, said: “Over the last financial year CommBank has… Read More

CommBank Allows Smartgroup Customers to Access Financial Tools

Through a new agreement between the CommBank or Commonwealth Bank and Smartgroup, customers will be able “to gain access to CommBank’s products and special promotional offers, beginning with ten free trades on the CommSec platform.” Commonwealth Bank’s Group Executive for Business Banking, Mike Vacy-Lyle said:… Read More

CommBank Research Reveals Majority of Australians Will Set Financial Goals as they Dive into 2024

Research published by Commonwealth Bank (CBA) shows “the majority of Aussies will set a money-based New Year’s resolution in 2024.” According to the latest CommBank research, 76 per cent of Australians “will make at least one financial resolution as they dive into 2024.” Almost one… Read More

Australia: CBA Launches Small Business Sustainability Action Tool

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) is launching a new tool to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to embed sustainability into their operations. CBA’s new Sustainability Action Tool “provides insights into actions businesses can take to reduce their environmental impacts and lower costs.”… Read More

Australia: CBA Expands Green Financing to Improve Energy Efficiency, Sustainability

Commonwealth Bank is expanding its range of green financing to support home loan and personal loan customers “to enhance the energy efficiency of their homes, and purchase electric and hybrid vehicles.” The Green Loan is described as being “a low, 10-year secured fixed rate and… Read More

Over 90% of Australians have Set Financial Goals for 2023, CommBank Research Reveals

As new CommBank research reveals top financial New Year’s resolutions for Australians, CBA’s Chief Behavioral Scientist explains “some practical strategies to help achieve New Year’s goals.” With cost of living pressures top of mind, new consumer research released by Commonwealth Bank reveals Australians are “looking… Read More

CommBank Clients May View Personalized Carbon Footprint

In an Australian banking first, retail CommBank customers will be able “to view their personalized carbon footprint within the CommBank app from early August.” The rollout to all CommBank retail customers “follows a pilot launched in October 2021, which allowed over 250,000 customers to view… Read More

Impact-led Fintech Cogo Secures $20M via Series A, Ahead of COP26 UN Climate Summit

Carbon footprint tracking firm Cogo has completed a $20 million Series A round, which has been announced just a few weeks ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit. The impact-led Fintech firm has reportedly entered strategic partnerships with major banking institutions, which came ahead of… Read More

CommBank’s x15ventures Makes Strategic Investment to Acquire Minority Stake in Payble, an Identitii Bill Payment Subsidiary

CommBank’s x15ventures has reportedly made a £1 million investment in order to acquire a significant minority stake in Payble, an Identitii bill payment subsidiary. As mentioned on its official website: “Payble™ is a better way to get paid. Improve cash collection, lower transaction costs and… Read More

CommonWealth Bank & Barclays Team Up To Help Customers Move Funds Between Australia & the UK

On Friday, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Barclays announced they formed a partnership to allow users of both their apps, CommBank app and Pingit, to move money between Australia and the UK. The two companies have reportedly worked together to connect each of their payment… Read More

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