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'You left me stranded': CBA customers fuming over freeze on British pound exchange

Australian travellers were left stranded without any access to their money on Friday as the Commonwealth Bank temporarily suspended the exchange of British pounds in the wake of the shock Brexit referendum.

The freeze also included any transactions that did not include Australian dollars.

“We are sorry but due to recent results from the British exit referendum we are temporarily suspending all foreign exchange of GBP pounds and transactions that do not include AUD until the morning of Monday, 27 June,” Commbank comfirmed on Twitter.

The suspension on the exchanges was finally lifted at midnight on Friday night, but the damage had already been done - leaving hundreds of customers stranded without cash.

The bank’s social media site was inundated with angry customers leaving complaints from across the globe.

“I literally can’t leave my hostel because I can’t access by money to get a cab!” one woman wrote.

“Stuck in Japan with no money, how will I slurp noodles tonight without cash?” another concerned traveller said.

“As you’ve blocked all foreign transactions you’ve essentially left me stranded in London,” a woman tweeted to the bank.

Many customers wanted to exchange funds quickly to take advantage of the British pound after it fell to its lowest rate it more than 30 years.

Currency exchange markets across Sydney were flooded with customers as the Brexit outcome pushed the currency into its steepest one-day decline in history.