{"id":105057,"date":"2014-06-30T13:19:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T11:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=105057"},"modified":"2014-06-30T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T13:37:12","slug":"absa-internet-banking-down-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/banking\/105057-absa-internet-banking-down-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Absa Internet banking down again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Absa\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/358422-Absa\">Absa<\/a>\u2019s Internet banking services are down once again, a number of users are reporting on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The outage has affected the bank\u2019s web-based Internet banking platform, its mobile apps, and Virgin Money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@Absa online banking being unavailable so often is getting beyond ridiculous. Constant tech issues!!\u201d said Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brittlestarsa\" target=\"_href\">Johan Kruger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like all Absa servers are down including stockbroking :(\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richards_Karin\" target=\"_blank\">Karin Richards<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>In replies to complaints on Twitter, Absa said it is aware of the outage and that technicians are attending to it.<\/p>\n<p>Queried by Moneyweb journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hanna_barry\" target=\"_blank\">Hanna Barry<\/a> and Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bd_03\" target=\"_blank\">Brian D<\/a> on why outages like this happen every month, Absa said there were different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently our team is trying to find out what caused this,\u201d Absa said. \u201cWe apologise for any inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Absa spokesperson was not immediately able to comment about the downtime and its cause.<\/p>\n<div 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aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Absa-mobile-app-Internet-banking-downtime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105071\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105071\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Absa-mobile-app-Internet-banking-downtime.jpg\" alt=\"Absa mobile app Internet banking downtime\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Absa-mobile-app-Internet-banking-downtime.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Absa-mobile-app-Internet-banking-downtime-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Absa mobile app Internet banking downtime<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105061\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Virgin-Money-Internet-banking-internal-server-error.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105061\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105061\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Virgin-Money-Internet-banking-internal-server-error.jpg\" alt=\"Virgin Money Internet banking internal server error\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Virgin-Money-Internet-banking-internal-server-error.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Virgin-Money-Internet-banking-internal-server-error-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virgin Money Internet banking internal server error<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More on online service 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