Sending money overseas? Get a better FX rate^

  • New to Australia? Open your first Everyday Smart Access account to get better FX rates
  • $0 transfer fees4
  • Send money overseas via NetBank or the CommBank app
  • Get a better FX rate ongoing

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Before you arrive in Australia

  • Open a bank account 

    Our Everyday Smart Access account is a bank account for students to pay for everyday things with ease, so you focus on your studies. 

    You also have access to:

    • $0 monthly account fees if you’re under 301
    • Fee-free cash withdrawals when using a CommBank ATM - Australia’s largest bank owned ATM network5
    • Discounts, offers and cashback through CommBank Yello2
    • Money Plan in the CommBank app, Australia's best banking app3, gives you access to tools to help you better track your spending and savings.

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  • Read our international student checklist

    To help make your move to Australia easier, we’ve prepared a checklist so you’re all set. 

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Banking in Australia

  • Accessing your money in Australia

    You’ve opened an Australian bank account. Learn how to access your money.

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  • A guide to banking in Australia

    Learn how the Australian banking system works.

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  • Ways to bank with us

    No matter where in Australia you move to, do your banking anywhere, anytime.

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Student Banking

Team up with the bank more international students have in common. 

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International Money Transfer4    

  • Send and receive money securely with CommBank.

  • Receive money into your CommBank account

    If you have already set up your CommBank account, you can receive money into it right away. 

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  • Send money overseas

    You can also send money overseas using NetBank or the CommBank app with competitive transfer rates and no international transaction fees where the payment has an FX conversion.

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Things you should know

^ International Money Transfer Offer – Terms & Conditions

CommBank Everyday Account Smart Access: IMT Preferential Pricing

Eligibility Conditions

To be eligible for the International Money Transfer (IMT) Preferential Pricing offer, you must open a new CommBank Everyday Smart Access Account via the Moving to Australia (MTA) online portal between 15 December 2025 (12:01am, AEST) and 30 June 2026 (11:59pm AEST) (‘the offer period’).

This offer is only available for eligible customers who will be either (i) arriving in Australia within the next 14 days, or (ii) have been in Australia for less than 12 months and are over the age of 18 years 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 preferential pricing on your IMT, you need to open your first CommBank Everyday Smart Access account during the offer period online via the MTA portal. If you do not use the MTA portal to open your Everyday Smart Access account, you will not qualify for this offer.

The preferential pricing on IMT will be available to you within 21 days of your new Everyday Smart Access account being opened.  

Your preferential rate will only apply to IMTs you make under the customer record through which you opened your Everyday account via the MTA portal. If you have more than one customer record, the preferential rate will not apply to the additional customer record(s).  

What is Preferential Pricing under this Offer?

CommBank will offer Preferential Pricing under this offer, defined as a foreign currency rate that provides a better conversion rate than the standard advertised exchange rate. Preferential pricing will only be applicable to IMTs completed between Monday to Friday. IMTs completed on Saturday and Sunday or on a public holiday will use the standard advertised exchange rate, and the preferential pricing offer will not apply.

Preferential pricing is only valid when you complete an IMT via NetBank or the CommBank app, when transferring from Australian Dollars (AUD) to any Foreign Currency. The transfer fee will also be waived for this transaction (excludes transfers in AUD to AUD).

Preferential pricing is not available on any IMT transfers from AUD to AUD. If you would like to complete the IMT in branch you will be charged an AUD $30.00 transfer fee and a minimum of AUD $5000 per transfer is required, in order to be eligible for the preferential pricing on your IMT. To find out more information about International Money Transfers including IMT Terms and Conditions for NetBank and the CommBank app, click here.

For more information about the fees and charges for international payments, read our Standard fees and charges for international payments and travel funds

Preferential pricing under this offer is available to you, for the duration of time that you hold an eligible active CommBank transaction account (i.e. Smart Access, Complete Access, Streamline Basic, Pensioner Security or Everyday Offset account).

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

1 A 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.

2 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

3 Canstar 2024 Digital Banking Bank of the Year.

4 A fee up to $11 AUD may apply.

5 Independent ATM providers may charge a withdrawal fee.

The target market for this product will be found within the product’s Target Market Determination, available here.

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. Full terms and conditions for the transaction and savings accounts mentioned and Electronic Banking are available here or from any branch of the Commonwealth Bank.