archTIS (ASX: AR9), a data security software provider, has extended the maturity of A$4 million in Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) debt by six months, from October 30, 2026 to April 30, 2027. The extension keeps A$8 million in total CBA facilities in place without diluting shareholders. The only cost is a one-off A$2,000 establishment fee, and all other terms are unchanged. The remaining facilities are two A$2 million tranches, maturing January 29, 2027 and January 31, 2027. "Access to flexible, non-dilutive bank funding remains an important part of our disciplined approach to capital management," said chief executive officer Daniel Lai. The move follows a second Pentagon development contract worth A$315,000, won earlier this month.

Janus Electric Holdings (ASX:JNS) has secured A$11 million in financing from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to support delivery of its North American order book. The package includes a A$10 million revolving trade finance facility for working capital and a A$1 million asset finance facility to fund equipment for expanding production capacity. The first US truck conversions from the 118-truck order book are scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of FY2, subject to conditions. The trade finance facility is secured against the company's assets and subject to CBA's annual review. It carries financial covenants and standard commercial interest rates and fees. Janus Electric is an Australian heavy vehicle electrification company with a battery swap platform. It has deployments in the US and Canada.

CommBank to close Toronto Branch. October 23rd, 2026 A decision by Commonwealth Bank to close the doors of its Toronto Branch has been met with anger from the Federal Member for Hunter Dan Repacholi. Taking to social media, Mr Repacholi called the move to shutter the location on December 4th "an absolute disgrace". He pointed out the bank's recent profit margins and questioned how other banks seemed to be opening branches while CommmBank shuts the doors on theirs. "This mob made nearly $11 BILLION in profit last financial year", Repacholi said, "yet apparently can't afford to keep a regional branch open. Meanwhile, The Mutual Bank just opened a new branch in Cessnock". The move comes despite the bank committing to keep all its regional bank branches open into the next decade, CommBank the first bank to make a regional branch commitment in February 2023, which has been extended until at least December 2030. A CBS Spokesperson said "CBA, like the rest of the banking industry, uses the independent and national ARIA+ (The Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia) framework to classify branch locations. Under that system, Toronto is classified as metropolitan." ARIA+ is an independent national framework used by the ABS, regulators and banks to define what is regional and what is metropolitan. "The regional branch moratorium remains fully in place for locations classified as regional." The spokesperson said. "We remain committed to maintaining the largest branch network in the country and look forward to warmly welcoming our Toronto customers to our nearby branches in Glendale and Morisset, which are bigger branches with more staff and greater access to services." Commbank has said they will be looking for a location close to the Toronto branch where they can maintain a stand alone ATM, also telling their customers in the local area that they can perform 98% of their cash transactions at the local Australia Post outlet, which is on the same block as the closing branch, The branch employees will be redeployed to other comparable roles, including to nearby locations to help relieve wait times for customers in those branches. Repacholi has called on the bank to rethink the decision, "Profits before people. Bloody disgraceful!" he said.