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Innovation can help businesses solve practical challenges and serve customers better, while supporting stronger and more sustainable growth.
CommBank Business Innovation supports Australian businesses with free training, practical insights, real business examples and the opportunity to be recognised through the CommBank Business Innovation Awards.
Whether you’re improving the way you operate today or building something new, CommBank is here to back businesses creating impact through innovation.
Innovation can help businesses solve practical challenges and serve customers better, while supporting stronger and more sustainable growth.
CommBank Business Innovation supports Australian businesses with free training, practical insights, real business examples and the opportunity to be recognised through the CommBank Business Innovation Awards.
Whether you’re improving the way you operate today or building something new, CommBank is here to back businesses creating impact through innovation.
Self-paced innovation training through the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship.
Register your interest in the CommBank Business Innovation Awards. Applications open July 2026.
Uncover research, insights and real examples from Australian businesses.
Applications open July 2026.
The CommBank Business Innovation Awards will celebrate small and medium Australian businesses who have innovated to develop new or improved products, services or processes – from technology adoption and customer experience to sustainability, new business models and better ways of working.
Soon to be open to small and medium businesses across Australia, even if they don’t bank with CommBank, the Awards are backed by practical support from CommBank and our partners including the University of Melbourne, Square Peg, Deloitte and AWS.
The awards will include cash grants, mentoring, University of Melbourne hosted bootcamps, AWS credits, Deloitte and AWS workshops and a Seattle learning experience.
Applications open in July 2026.
CommBank has partnered with the University of Melbourne to provide online innovation training for Australian small and medium businesses through the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship.
The online, self-paced course is available to people across Australia, including business owners, employees and aspiring entrepreneurs. The cost of the training is covered by CommBank and you don’t need to own a business or bank with CommBank to take part.
You can complete individual modules or the full course. Participants who complete all modules receive a certificate of completion from the Wade Institute.
Innovation can helps businesses grow, compete and work more efficiently through better technology, processes, customer experiences, products and services.
CommBank research1 shows while more than 8 in 10 small to medium businesses face barriers such as cost and limited resources, close to 9 in 10 have introduced or plan to introduce innovations.
CommBank Business Innovation supports this through free training, research, real business stories and the Business Innovation Awards, helping businesses build capability, drive productivity and support growth.
CommBank is working with partners across business, education and technology to help recognise and support Australian businesses finding smarter ways to work.
Supporting innovation research and education, including through hosted innovation bootcamps and innovation training through the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship.
Providing mentoring and growth perspectives for ambitious businesses.
Providing technology, cloud and innovation support, including AWS credits and workshops.
Supporting practical innovation workshops and business transformation expertise.
No. The training is open to Australian residents, aged over 18. You don’t need to be a CommBank customer or sign up to a CommBank product to access the training.
No. The training fee is covered by CommBank.
The training is a self paced, online course made up of practical modules. You can complete individual modules or the full program. Participants who complete all modules receive a certificate from the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship.
Applications are expected to open in July. You can register your interest now to be notified when applications open.
The Awards celebrate businesses developing new or improved products, services or processes – from technology adoption and customer experience to sustainability, new business models and better ways of working.
Yes. You can do both. The training is available regardless of whether you enter the Awards and you don’t need to be registered for the training to enter the Awards.
Final details on prizes, eligibility, key dates and terms will be available on the Awards page when applications open.
Access free training, explore practical examples and register your interest in the CommBank Business Innovation Awards.
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Register your interest in the CommBank Business Innovation Awards
1 The CommBank-commissioned research was conducted by YouGov between 16 and 24 October 2025. The survey was completed by a nationally representative sample of 500 Australian small and medium business owners and senior decision makers. Results were weighted by location and business size to be representative of Australian small and medium businesses. Small businesses were defined as having 1–19 employees and medium businesses as having 20–199 employees.
Further details on prizes, eligibility, key dates and terms and conditions will be available when open.
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