Founded in 1911 to be the bank for all Australians, the Commonwealth Bank commenced operations in 1912, powered to conduct both savings and general banking business.
Today we've grown to a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 50,000 people working in the Commonwealth Bank Group. We offer a full range of retail and commercial banking services to more than 17 million customers, predominantly in Australia and in New Zealand.
Through our subsidiary ASB we bank one in four Australians as retail customers and one in three businesses. Our products and services are provided through our divisions retail banking services, business banking, institutional banking and markets, and ASB New Zealand CBA also operates in Asia, the European Union, UK and North America.
We are guided by our purpose building a bright the future for all. Our values of care, courage and commitment are the foundation of our culture. While our strategy to build tomorrow's bank today reflects our commitment to use the strength of CBA to support our customers, communities and the broader economy.
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