Commonwealth Bank of Australia
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia or CommBank is Australia's largest bank by asset-size and the 18th largest bank in the Asia Pacific region ("Asia-Pacific's 50 largest banks by assets, 2023" by S&P Market Intelligence).
CBA partners with OpenAI for scam and fraud detection, personalised services
CBA partners with OpenAI for scam and fraud detection, personalised services
CBA employees will progressively get access to OpenAI’s AI tools.
Commonwealth Private unveil self-directed investment option for wholesale investors
Private Wealth Advantage is a self-directed investment option for wholesale investors.
CBA deploys AI bot army to disrupt and study scam attacks
Thousands of voice and message bots intercept scammers before they reach real customers.
Banks to participate in Australia’s tokenised asset settlement research
There will be 24 use cases explored in the project.
Only 1 in 10 CBA home loan customers reduced repayments after rate cut
Those in New South Wales were most likely to opt for the reduced repayments.
Banks in China, Australia see market caps rise in Q2 on falling interest rates
In contrast, Japanese megabanks and DBS saw their market caps fall.
Australia’s big four banks' fossil fuel exposure remain in billions
They are exposed to methane emissions, which they do not measure separately.
Aussie banks welcome confirmation of payee system
It will check if the account names and numbers entered by the payer.
Chinese megabanks cement nation’s economic prowess
Banks in China dominated S&P Global Market Intelligence’s top 50 lenders in the region.
CommBank deploys AI-powered bots to fight scams
The bots engage scammers, gather intelligence, and disrupt scam operations, it said.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia completes stake sale in Bank of Hangzhou
CBA received approximately $940m, and CET1 ratio was raised by 17 basis points.
CommBank establishes tech hub in Seattle
The first cohort focuses on learning to fast track adoption of agentic AI and gen AI solutions.
CommBank accelerates AI adoption with expanded Anthropic partnership
The Australian bank will focus on personalisation and safety.
CommBank rolls out discounts to small business with Yello for Business
Customers receive discounts on various brands and exclusive pricing on Samsung products.
CommBank adds extra confirmation step for NetBank logins
Customers using the CommBank app will be prompted for confirmation.
CBA expected to maintain low credit losses, strong capital levels
Australian banks remain exposed to high household debt and prices.
CommBank Australia reports net profit of $3.2b in H1
Interim dividend is A$2.25 per share.
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