Commonwealth Bank

This place has really friendly and helpful staff. They seems to know a lot about student’s accounts. Although, sometimes it’s quite crowded and the teller and the ATM queues can be very long. Commonwealth bank has really good bank account for students that is free of charge and you have small interest. They also gave me a $ 20 voucher for Amazon and offer me a free ticket to cinema, which unfortunately I didn’t use.

Conveniently located within a central location at the university, this is where I opened the Commonwealth account that I use to this day. I found the staff very helpful and willing to give me the best possible info about student account options, having as they did thorough knowledge of how important it is to ‘pinch pennies’ as a student (if only I had fee free banking still!).
The only slight downside here is that during peak times the queue for the ATMs gets quite long. But hey, maybe that’s a sensible savings enforcing measure: «Do I really need that $ 20 to go the pub?» I think not.

Now you might think that every Commonwealth Bank would pretty much be the same but I think its important to note that the Commbank on campus at the University of Queensland is a pretty darn good one. The service here is great and they are tailored to univeristy students, giving great advice on loans and all things study related. They know what it is like for us poverty stricken uni student and it seems like they genuinly care about us.
There are two ATMs outside the branch and you will often find quite a line for them, especially around lunch time. There is also another two Commonwealth ATMs hiding near the Student Centre that many people don’t realise are there, so if you want to avoid the line I recommend these. On a whole, this Commbank is definitely one of the nicer ones I have been to.