ANZ Bank suffered a huge system outage yesterday (Tuesday 21 May 202) affecting the ANZ app and internet banking leaving thousands of ANZ Bank customers stranded without access to their money for at least four hours.
ANZ Bank advised customers that services started coming back online at 2.45pm yesterday and were fully operational by 7pm last night.
ANZ Bank blamed a "third party vendor" for the problems and told customers that ATMs continue to be available. However ANZ have been removing ATMs from towns and suburbs all around Australia at a rapid pace.
ANZ Bank have been leading the the charge towards a cashless future by closing branches, ATMs despite having no plan for how their customers can access cash and face-to-face services.
Banks can't build a reliable, private, free cashless transaction system so they need to be able to give us ready and easy access to cash.
Banks can't keep herding us toward their cashless society when they can't be relied upon to ensure that it works and everyone can use it, all the time.
The big four banks sit at the heart of the financial system. only they have agreements with the RBA to buy and distribute banknotes but they are not supporting cash.
The big banks must step up and take some responsibility to ensure we can access cash in our local community. The big supermarkets must ensure that we can use cash to buy food and essentials.
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