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Remembrance Day 2024: 80 years on from the dawn of hope in WWII
As World War Two entered what proved to be its final year, CBA’s leaders expressed optimism that the fighting might soon be over. But they also kne...
7 November 2024
Building a nation: how Commonwealth Bank helped to house the Anzacs after World War One
Rising house and rental prices, high construction costs and materials shortages were as big a problem in post-WW1 Australia as they are today. A ce...
22 April 2024
CommBank opens new Hobart office
After more than 70 years at 81 Elizabeth Street, CommBank’s Hobart headquarters shift to the waterfront.
8 April 2024
Remembering the CBA staffers who served and fought for their country
A decades-old family picture holds the secrets of Bert Phillips, a quiet but dedicated CommBank employee who fought at the battle of Singapore in W...
7 November 2023
Inside the ‘grandest, most opulent’ Commonwealth Bank vault hidden under Sydney
“Once this door is clicked, nothing will be able to get you out – not even dynamite.”
3 November 2023
CBA joins global digital preservation foundation
In a first for corporate Australia, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia signs up as an Associate Member of the Digital Preservation Coalition.
1 November 2023
A moment in history to be marked in history
Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s collection of historical banking items will now be rotated on display in a brand new purpose-built archive and rea...
23 August 2023
Sir Denison Miller: The banker for all Australians
Banking defined every aspect of Denison Miller’s adult working life but it was as much as a surprise to him as it was to the country that he emerge...
5 June 2023
Sir Denison Miller: Laying the foundations of the common wealth of Australia
How a little-known banker from a country town in NSW created the Commonwealth Bank and helped build modern-day Australia from the ground up.
5 June 2023
Remembering our First Nations service people on Anzac Day
As we commemorate the contribution of those Australians who served in times of conflict, CBA employee Linda Smith pays tribute to her grandfather E...
20 April 2023
Christmas at CommBank: A history in pictures
Look back through the archives to see how the holiday season has been celebrated at the Commonwealth Bank.
19 December 2022
‘To those who made the supreme sacrifice’: CBA commemorates Remembrance Day
“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Lest we forget.”
11 November 2022
Care, courage and commitment epitomised on the “frontline”
Reservists play a critical part in today’s Australian Defence Force. CBA Newsroom talks to six of the bank’s reservists about the importance of the...
25 April 2022
Serving the country and the bank: honouring our defence force reservists
As Australia is once again able to publicly commemorate Anzac Day, we mark the unstinting and humble effort of those CBA staffers who “don the unif...
22 April 2022
Vietnam: From division to healing - paying our respects half a century on
This year’s Remembrance Day will mark the 50th anniversary of the last Australian combat troops to return home following their service in the Vietn...
11 October 2021
A CBA soldier’s story
Coming home from World War II didn’t happen overnight and was often a long journey, as one solider (and former Commonwealth Bank staffer) explains.
11 November 2020
CBA women during the war: The home front
WWII changed many things, including the way women in the workforce were perceived.
11 November 2020
CBA at war: Financing the war
The Commonwealth Bank played a significant role in helping fund the war efforts, promoting fund-raising campaigns and advertising the bonds.
11 November 2020
Lest we forget
It’s been 75 years since the end of WWII. And while a lot has happened in the intervening years, the sacrifices made by so many men and women – inc...
11 November 2020
CBA at war: Did you know?
Commonwealth Bank played a significant role in supporting Australia as it navigated World War Two. By the end of the conflict in 1945 – the 75th an...
11 November 2020
Brand loyalty: A history of the Commonwealth Bank logo
I go, you go, we go together. What better way to express that as a company than in a logo. Danny John and Steven Politzer report.
12 October 2020
