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

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.

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.

Commonwealth Bank has 'paused' plans to charge some customers a $3 fee to withdraw their own money. Ahead of Christmas road safety advocates are reminding Aussies that E-scooters shouldn’t be treated as toys, with the rate of serious incidents and injuries on the rise.

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

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.

Commonwealth Bank has backflipped on a move to slug customers a $3 fee to cash out at its branches amid outcry from the top of politics.

The Commonwealth bank says it's 'pausing' changes it announced yesterday, which would see some account holders pay a three-dollar withdrawal fee at branches and post offices.

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

The Commonwealth Bank has backed down on a plan to switch customers to an account that would force them to pay $3 to withdraw cash following major public backlash.