Commbank are waiving bank fees

[Brookie23]

Just a heads up. Considering I spent like $200 on bank fees last year, I'm pretty happy with that.

If you have a Smart Access account with the Commonwealth Bank (which I imagine would be a lot of people), you can get your monthly account fee waived if you:

• Are under 21 years old
• Opened your account after 1/6/2010 and deposit $2000 each month (e.g. your salary)
• Are 21 to 24 years old and deposit $1000 into the account each month (e.g. your salary)
• Are a student and present your student ID at any branch

Note that they don't do this automatically. I fall into two of the above categories and it wasn't till I called them that I got the fees waived.

[Joshuayu101]

Just a heads up. Considering I spent like $200 on bank fees last year, I'm pretty happy with that.

If you have a Smart Access account with the Commonwealth Bank (which I imagine would be a lot of people), you can get your monthly account fee waived if you:

• Are under 21 years old
• Opened your account after 1/6/2010 and deposit $2000 each month (e.g. your salary)
• Are 21 to 24 years old and deposit $1000 into the account each month (e.g. your salary)
• Are a student and present your student ID at any branch

Note that they don't do this automatically. I fall into two of the above categories and it wasn't till I called them that I got the fees waived.

They have had this for a while now. Also, if your a student, you will need to pop into your branch every year to update your student details

[Brookie23]

Ah ok. The 21 to 24 one was only implemented in October though. Don't know how new the others are.

[Mungus]

well that's great. i'm a lifetime customer and i don't qualify for any of those.

[Chycophy]

NAB already have a $0 fee account and no need for any hassle ... also comes with a VISA debit card

[Milenko]

It's basically tailored for young people getting their first jobs.

Gotta get em hooked early.

[Aegis]

dollarmites for adults

[Jay]

You can get the fee free if you convert your old account like a Streamline to a smart access.

[Lothar]

Westpac did this for me up until I was no longer a student at CDU. This was up until I moved to Perth last year (im 23).

Now I'm with NAB. No fees whatsoever on all 3 of my accounts (visa debit, debit and internet savings).

[Brookie23]

Re: No account fees with NAB/other banks. But they don't have 4000 ATMs and awesome online banking

[Harbinger]

NAB online banking is pretty good, and they use/own the rediteller network, so even if they don't have 4 thousand, they have an awful lot of them in Darwin.

[Aegis]

Re: No account fees with NAB/other banks. But they don't have 4000 ATMs and awesome online banking

how many of those ATMs are in Darwin tho? 2? 3?

[BrAiN DaNcE]

I don't know how much exposure to Bank West you guys have, but they have zero account fees, and they will cover all ATM charges, even ones from other banks, so I get to use any ANZ, NAB/Rediteller, Comm, Westpac or St George/BankSA atm, and get no fees.

[Brookie23]

You can get the fee free if you convert your old account like a Streamline to a smart access.

I've had my account since like, preschool, so it was converted from Streamline to Smart Access. I was still charged fees though :/

how many of those ATMs are in Darwin tho? 2? 3?

Ha ha... more than you think.

Hmmm, BankWest sounds like a good deal at face value. Commonwealth also have access to BankWest ATMs, but no bank fees and a much wider variety of ATMs also with no fees sounds even better.

[Aegis]

Ha ha... more than you think.

so 4?