FNB says it has resolved EFT payment problems

[Napalm2880]

So why don't they move their systems into the cloud, with its automatic scaling? I doubt they could take down all of Microsoft Azure or AWS, even on payday ;P

There is a LOT of internal resistance to cloud. I mean if you're an IBM mainframe specialist, would you advocate moving to cloud? There are people working on software at the bank that have never heard of a webservice and they will do everything in their power to convince you that the cloud is a risk and it's insecure. They will also try convince you that the mainframe is much faster at processing transactions :-/

 

[Sapphiron]

They are truly automated.
The problem is the transaction volumes are so high, even 64GB of RAM and 16 core CPUs are not enough on a server, on payday.

The systems buckle under pressure. That is the problem. It affects ALL the banks to differing degrees.

That's the spec of a midrange prosumer workstation now?

I mean you can almost get that spec in a Macbook pro now.

The banks are just being cheap and under resourcing their tech.

 

[Leno]

Missed this article before making a "clear now" payment now to a std bank acc for batteries I need for our 4 day long power outage.

Transaction still sitting as pending

Why do they not put a notice in the app that says there may be delays on this payment

Edit: IE this problem is not resolved
Edit2: took just under an hour to process, but at least it went through