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Also known as Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CommBank, CBA, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Head Office, Commonwealth Bank Australia

Australian multinational bank

Key facts

Company type
Public
Traded as
ASX : CBA S&P/ASX 200 component
Isin
AU000000CBA7
Industry
Financial services
Founded
22 December 1911 ; , 114 years ago ( 1911-12-22 ) , (government bank) 12 September 1991 ; , 34 years ago ( 1991-09-12 ) , (public company)
Headquarters
Commonwealth Bank Place South, 11 Harbour Street, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Number of locations
709 branches 1,916 ATMs (2024 )
Areas served
Australia China European Union Hong Kong Indonesia Japan London New Zealand New York Singapore
Key people
Matt Comyn , ( CEO )
Products
Asset management Banking Commodities Credit cards Equities trading Insurance Investment management Mortgage loans Private equity Wealth management
Operating income
$21.17 billion (2024 )
Net income
$9.8 billion (2024 )
Total assets
A$ 1.254 trillion (2024 )
Total equity
A$ 73.08 billion (2024 )
Members
17.6 million (2024 )
Number of employees
53,000+ (2024 )
Divisions
CommBank divisions Business Banking Institutional Banking and Markets Retail Banking Services
Subsidiaries
CommBank subsidiaries ASB Bank Bankwest Colonial First State CommInsure Commonwealth Securities Sovereign Limited

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), also known as Commonwealth Bank or simply CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom. It provides a variety of financial services, including retail, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and broking services. The Commonwealth Bank is the largest Australian listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange as of July 2024, with brands including Bankwest, Colonial First State Investments, ASB Bank (New Zealand), Commonwealth Securities (CommSec) and Commonwealth Insurance (CommInsure). Its former constituent parts were the Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia and the Commonwealth Development Bank.

Founded in 1911 by the Australian government and fully privatised in 1996, the Commonwealth Bank is one of the big four Australian banks, with the National Australia Bank (NAB), ANZ and Westpac. The bank was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange on 12 September 1991.

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