Commonwealth Bank has been hit by a major outage, with online banking services, including the app, all taken offline.

NewsWire understands some bank branches have begun to shut for the day as a result.

The bank has shared a message on its website notifying customers that “some of our services are currently unavailable, and we’re urgently working to fix this.

“We apologise and appreciate your patience.”

“An issue today affecting some of our services is currently being fixed,” a spokesperson said shortly before 1pm AEST.

“CommBank banking services, including payments, online access and ATMs are being restored. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank customers for their patience.”

Outages reported to Downdetector peaked at 7137 shortly after midday (AEST) on Thursday, and fell to 2

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