Help & support
We’re making changes to the ways you can deposit overseas funds into your account. CommBank will no longer accept Foreign Cheques/Bills in any currency from 10 October 2022, and this applies to all CommBank accounts.
International Money Transfers (sometimes called international direct deposits) are a faster and more secure way to receive funds from overseas. Find out more about receiving money from overseas.
To continue receiving funds from overseas, you need to contact the party who sends you the cheque payment and request that all future payments be credited to your CommBank account electronically via International Money Transfer (IMT) or international direct deposit.
To make sure overseas payments are made to you swiftly and without any delays, it’s likely your payer will ask you to provide the following information in addition to your full name and home address (PO Boxes cannot be used):
From 10 October 2022, we won’t be able to accept foreign cheques in any currency. We recommend you reach out immediately to the party who sends you the cheque and ask them to switch to electronic payment via International Money Transfer or international direct deposit.
If you have a bank account in the country where the cheque is issued, you should be able to ask the sender to credit all future payments into this account electronically. You can then transfer these funds into your CommBank account.
Please check with your bank overseas about any fees and charges that may be applied to the transfer. You can view our fees and charges here.