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Some card transactions will appear as pending on your account until the payment is fully processed.

How long will a transaction remain in pending?

Generally it takes about 3 to 5 business days to process a transaction, although it can take up to 10 business days or longer. While a transaction is pending, the amount is deducted from your available funds, not your account balance. Pending transactions are useful as you get to see in real-time when you have made a payment or withdrawal or which refunds are awaiting processing. This means you don’t have to wait up to 10 business days for payments to be processed to see what you’ve spent and you can avoid any surprises such as accidentally overdrawing your account.

How is a transaction processed?

When you use your card to buy goods or services, an online check is done to make sure your card is valid and that you have enough money to pay. We authorise your transaction and the amount is deducted from your available funds – it will show as ‘pending’ on your account.

Once a transaction appears as pending on your account, you’re unable to stop or cancel the transaction until it’s complete.

The merchant then sends us their transaction file for settlement, and we send the merchant your transaction payment. After this, your transaction is no longer pending and your account balance reduces by the amount of your purchase.

What happens when a pending transaction disappears?

Sometimes pending transactions may disappear from your transaction history and the amount is returned to your available balance. This means the transaction has expired and at this stage has not been processed by the merchant. If this happens, your dispute will be closed. In some instances, the transaction may reappear, as the merchant has processed the transaction at a later date and debited your account. If this happens, contact us immediately to lodge another dispute.

Don’t recognise a transaction?

If you don’t recognise a transaction or did not authorise it, you can raise a dispute. We’ll investigate your dispute when the pending transaction has been fully processed

Phishing is when a scammer sends an email that appears to be from a trusted source, often including an urgent ‘call to action’ like asking you to unlock or verify an account, log on to your bank accounts or make a payment immediately.

SMiShing is a type of phishing where the message is sent via SMS text message rather than email.

Once you click on the link or open the attachment, you may be asked to enter your personal information such as such as card numbers, NetBank client number, banking passwords and NetCodes. Malware could also be installed on your device or you might receive a call where scammers attempt to convince you to share personal or banking details with them.

Scammers may use this information to access your bank accounts to make payments online, register for a new CommBank app or activate digital wallets like Apple Pay or Google Pay.

How to check online statements

Here’s how to look back at current and older online statements in the CommBank app and NetBank. Then check, save and print them too.

Keep in mind

  • Online statements are kept for up to 7 years - check them in NetBank, the CommBank app, or at a CommBank ATM anytime (we’ll email you when a new one is available)
  • Closed an account? Up to 2 years after successfully closing your account, you’ll still be able to access up to 7 years of online bank statements.

Easily view, save and print statements

CommBank app
  • Log on to the CommBank app, then tap ‘Accounts’
  • Choose an account
  • Tap ‘Manage’
  • Tap ‘View statement’, then choose statement date
  • Tap ‘Share’

You’ll have the option to email or print your statement

  • Log off when finished
NetBank
  • Log on to NetBank
  • Choose ‘View accounts’, then ‘Statements’
  • Select the account you want to view statements for
  • Your latest statements will be displayed. You can also create a transaction summary
  • for a specific date range.
  • For a single statement, select the statement you want and click ‘Download’
  • For multiple statements, select all the statements you want and click ‘Download’
  • Log off when finished
ATMs
  • Insert your card and cover your hand when entering your PIN
  • Choose Mini statement and tap for which account
Things you should know

Full terms and conditions available on the CommBank app. The CommBank app is free to download, however your mobile network provider charges you for accessing data on your phone. Find out about the minimum operating system requirements on the CommBank app page. Terms and conditions are available on the app. NetBank access with NetCode SMS is required.

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Disputing a transaction

Is there a transaction on your debit card, credit card or Travel Money Card that you don’t recognise? Unauthorised digital fraud or scam transaction? Or an issue with something you’ve purchased? Here's what to do.

The process at a glance

  1. Check that the transaction can be disputed
  2. Prepare supporting documents
  3. Raise a dispute to investigate the charge
  4. Get a resolution and your account credited if your dispute is successful

You’ll need to contact us as soon as you decide to raise a dispute. If you take too long to raise a dispute from the date the transaction occurred, we may lose any chargeback rights we have under Mastercard, VISA and eftpos scheme rules.1

If the transaction appears as pending on your account, we’ll investigate your dispute when the transaction has fully processed.

CommBank app

  1. Log on to the CommBank app
  2. Tap Cards > then swipe across to find the right card
  3. Tap Activate card
NetBank
  1. Register for NetCode, if you're not already
  2. Log on to NetBank > then go to Settings
  3. Under Security select Card activation
  4. Enter the last 4 digits of your card > then click Check
  5. Enter and confirm your PIN > then click Set PIN
  6. Click Get NetCode
  7. Enter your NetCode > then click Activate
Keep in mind
  • To activate your card online, you need to be registered for NetBank or the CommBank app
  • Not all replacement cards need to be activated. Tap cards on the CommBank app home screen to see your active cards
  • A primary cardholder needs to activate both their own card and the secondary cardholder’s

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