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* Eligibility Conditions

To be eligible for the 5% cashback offer, you must open a new CommBank Everyday Smart Access Account online or in a branch between 15 September 2025 (12:01am, AEST) and 31 December (11:59pm AEST) (‘the offer period’) and spend at least $50 (AUD) in a calendar month on eligible public transport¹ using your CommBank Debit Mastercard during the offer period.  

This offer is for customers aged between 18 to 29 (inclusive) at the time of account opening and who have never held a CommBank Everyday Smart Access Account. Single accounts only. Excludes joint and Everyday Offset accounts.

How to Qualify

To qualify for the cashback, you need to spend at least $50 in a calendar month on eligible public transport using your CommBank Debit Mastercard (‘Eligible spend’) during the offer period. 

Eligible spend includes using your CommBank Debit Mastercard to (i) make a payment with any eligible public transport merchant¹ and/or (ii) top up a public transport card with any eligible public transport merchant.¹ Spending on rideshares, taxis, fuel, private transfers, flights, or other non-public transport merchants are not eligible for this offer. Transactions and payments on eligible public transport must be settled by the end of the month (not pending) to be eligible.

The maximum cashback you can receive is $25 (AUD) per month. Each customer can receive only one cashback per month, and this promotion cannot be used in conjunction with other Smart Access account offers.

Getting Your Cashback

You will receive 5% cashback for each month you spend at least $50 in Eligible spend on public transport, up to a maximum of $25 per month. Cashback will be credited to your new Everyday Smart Access Account up to 45 days after the last day of the month in which you meet the Eligible spend conditions. Your Everyday Smart Access Account must remain open and active to receive the cashback payment. Cashback payment will appear as “CBATRANSPORTCASHBACK”.  

This is general information only and does not consider your personal objectives, financial situation, or needs. Before acting on the information, please consider obtaining professional advice specific to your needs, including financial, taxation and legal advice.

CommBank reserves the right to change, end, or extend the offer at any time as permitted by law.

¹ Eligible Public Transport Merchants

1. NSW – Transport NSW (Opal, Trainlink): Bus, Train, Metro, Ferry, Light Rail
2. VIC – Transport Victoria (myki): Bus, Train, Tram 
3. QLD – Translink (go card): Bus, Train, Tram, Ferry 
4. SA – Adelaide Metro (metroCARD): Bus, Train, Tram
5. WA –Transperth (SmartRider): Bus, Train, Ferry
6. TAS – Transport Tasmania (Greencard, Transportme): Bus, Ferry
7. ACT – Transport Canberra (MyWay): Bus, Light Rail
8. e-Bikes and e-Scooters: Lime, HelloRide, Beam, Neuron Mobility, Ario

¹ CommBank 2024 Annual Report, page 41, “We are fortunate to have around one in two new migrants to Australia trust us with their banking needs, and recognise the unique challenges they face in banking and financial wellbeing."

² Awarded ‘Bank of the Year – Digital Banking’ for 2025 (for the 16th year in a row) by Canstar in May 2025.

³A monthly account fee waiver will apply if you’re under 30 years of age, or if you deposit at least $2,000 each calendar month (excludes Bank-initiated transactions). You may also be eligible for a different Monthly Account Fee exemption if you have an aged, disability or war veterans’ pension deposited in your account, have a balance of $50,000 or more in eligible contributing accounts, are reliant on over the counter services because of a disability, or have an eligible home loan. Find out more about rates and fees.

⁴ We’ll automatically apply a waiver to the Monthly Account Fee for 12 months on the Smart Access account if you apply via this button. Find out more about rates and fees. After the initial 12-month period, a monthly fee applies unless you are eligible for a further waiver. A Monthly Account Fee waiver will also apply if you’re under 30 years of age, or if you deposit at least $2,000 each calendar month (excludes Bank initiated transactions). You may also be eligible for a different Monthly Account Fee exemption if you have an aged, disability or war veterans’ pension deposited in your account, have a balance of $50,000 or more in eligible contributing accounts, are reliant on over the counter services because of a disability or have an eligible home loan. Find out more about rates and fees.

⁵ Independent ATM providers may charge a withdrawal fee.

⁶ We’ll pay any correspondent bank fees when you send an IMT in any currency, as long as the originating account currency is different to the payment currency (i.e. a cross-currency IMT) – e.g. using an AUD account to send a payment in USD. We won’t cover any fees that may be charged by the payee’s bank.

⁷ CommBank Half Year Results Presentation, page 44: #1 Retail MFI Share. CommBank 2024 Annual Report, page 39, #1 Net Promoter Score® (NPS) Consumer and Institutional banking.

⁸ Defined as net interest income excluding notable items as reported. Peer data as derived from publicly available disclosures. Represents six months ending 30 September 2024.

⁹ To gain full access to your account, an Australian residential address will need to be provided when you visit a Commonwealth Bank of Australia branch to be identified.  Accountholders will not be able to withdraw their funds or have full access to the CommBank app and Netbank until they have arrived in Australia and have been appropriately identified at a CBA branch.

¹⁰ If you are aged under 14 years of age, please apply for a Smart Access Account for Youth once you arrive. 

¹¹ Travel Booking is provided by Hopper Inc (Hopper). Hopper is not part of the CBA Group. CBA is not responsible for the content on this portal, nor the provision of any of the services that are offered through this portal. The services offered are subject to the Travel Booking terms and conditions. CBA does not guarantee the obligations or performance of Hopper or the services it offers. CommBank Awards customers can choose to use all or part of their Awards points for payment of their booking.

¹² Applications are subject to credit approval. Full Conditions of Use will be included at point of application. Bank fees and charges may apply. View the StepPay Terms and Conditions (PDF)

¹³ Not available on Pensioner Security Accounts and Business Transaction Accounts.

¹⁴ Ongoing eligibility conditions apply for CommBank Yello. Offer eligibility conditions also apply and offers may vary between customers. For more information visit commbank.com.au/commbankyello.

¹⁵ You’ll need an Australian residential address to open a NetBank Saver. Open a NetBank Saver for the first time from 22 August 2025 and you’ll receive a variable introductory interest rate for the first 5 months after account opening. The variable introductory rate is currently 4.45% p.a., which includes a fixed bonus margin of 2.90% p.a. above the NetBank Saver standard variable rate, currently 1.55% p.a. At the end of the introductory rate period the NetBank Saver standard variable rate applicable at that time will apply. This introductory rate offer is available for a limited time only and the Bank reserves the right to terminate this offer at any time. The variable introductory interest rate will not apply to NetBank Saver accounts which are jointly owned where one of the account holders has previously held a NetBank Saver account.

The CommBank app is free to download however your mobile network provider charges you for accessing data on your phone. You should refer to your mobile phone plan or contact your provider to find out more. Terms and conditions are available on the CommBank app. NetBank access with NetCode SMS required. Find out about the minimum operating requirements on the CommBank app page.

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The advice on this website has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs. Because of that, you should, before acting on the advice, consider its appropriateness to your circumstances. Please view our Financial Services Guide (PDF). Full terms and conditions for the transaction and savings accounts (PDF) mentioned and Electronic Banking (PDF) are available here or from any branch of the Commonwealth Bank.