The Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) has nearly immediately rescinded plans to charge its banking customers $3 to withdraw their own money at branches or the post office after a groundswell of outrage across the country.

We feel we didn’t get the communication right on this, so we’ve paused, and we want to take a different approach.”

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been forced to backflip on its decision to charge customers a fee to withdraw cash after copping criticism from its customers.

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia scrapped plans to charge customers a fee to withdraw cash at branches and on the phone within a day of announcing a policy that drew criticism from the government.

Less than 24 hours after an announcement that was met with criticism from politicians, the bank will pause the change for an estimated 100,000 customers for at least six months.

Australia's biggest bank has paused its plans to charge customers a $3 fee to withdraw their own money at bank branches around the country, a day after it was announced.

Ally Langdon took a CommBank executive to task on Tuesday night over the bank’s controversial decision to charge customers to withdraw their own cash.

The Commonwealth Bank has "paused" plans to charge some customers a $3 fee to withdraw money.

Some Commonwealth Bank customers who withdraw cash at branches or post offices will soon be charged $3 for the privilege, after the bank announced it was migrating a legacy everyday account to a newer offering.

The Commonwealth Bank will “change its approach” after its plan to charge some customers $3 to withdraw cash from a branch sparked national fury.