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Australian Bank's System Outage Leaves 9 Million Customers Without Cash (reuters.com)

An anonymous reader quotes Reuters: National Australia Bank on Saturday suffered what it described as a "nationwide outage" to some of its technology systems, leaving customers unable to access banking services or withdraw money. Customers took to social media to vent their frustrations, with some saying they were left unable to pay for groceries or refuel their cars...

National Australia Bank is one of Australia's four largest retail banks with a customer base of 9 million, according to its website... The Bank of New Zealand, a NAB subsidiary, also experienced outages on Saturday across New Zealand, but the spokesman was unable to confirm a connection between the two incidents.

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  1. Re:The solution: Go cashless by thesupraman · · Score: 1, Troll

    But your life becomes SO much BETTER when the corporations and government can track every single transaction you make, where and when it was, for how much, and to whom, and it is only able to be completed if they allow it.

    Think of the children!