Commonwealth Bank of Australia - News, Articles & Research

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