{"id":451410,"date":"2022-07-05T14:43:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=451410"},"modified":"2022-07-05T17:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T15:24:34","slug":"big-fnb-outage-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/banking\/451410-big-fnb-outage-strikes.html","title":{"rendered":"Big FNB outage strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FNB&#8217;s Internet banking, mobile app, and card payments are suffering a second major outage in less than a week.<\/p>\n<p>User-sourced services outage platform Downdetector <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.co.za\/status\/fnb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>showed a steep increase<\/strong><\/a> in reports of FNB-related problems from just after 14:00 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the reports were logged under &#8220;Online Banking&#8221;, &#8220;Mobile Banking&#8221;, and &#8220;Mobile Login&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Several FNB customers in South Africa have also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=FNB&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>turned to Twitter<\/strong><\/a> to complain about the latest downtime.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;Hi <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@FNBSA. W<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">hen will your system be back up and running again? Also, wasn&#8217;t it down for maintenance last week already?&#8221; one user asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;Are you guys <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@FNBSA <\/span>offline? Nothing is working the app and cards are declining,&#8221; a second said.<\/p>\n<p>According to one customer, the issue also affects <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wabpan\/status\/1544295475225952256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FNB&#8217;s services in Botswana<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several MyBroadband readers confirmed they could not log into their FNB apps on Android or iOS.<\/p>\n<p>After entering their credentials or using biometrics to log in, they were presented with the following message:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Your request cannot be processed. System currently unavailable. Please try again later.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Attempting to use Internet banking through the Google Chrome browser initially presented the pop-up message below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Online-banking-outage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-451412\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Online-banking-outage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bank later replaced that message with another stating that FNB was performing system maintenance and that functionality on the user&#8217;s online banking profile would be limited.<\/p>\n<p>One customer found no amounts shown under their accounts&#8217; &#8220;Balance&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p>FNB <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/banking\/451020-huge-fnb-outage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>recently suffered<\/strong><\/a> an hours-long outage of all its online-based banking services and card payments on 1 July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, it had not acknowledged the latest issues on any of its social media pages.<\/p>\n<p>The graph below shows the surge in reports of FNB issues on Downdetector on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FNB-outage-new-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-451420\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FNB-outage-new-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FNB-outage-new-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FNB-outage-new--600x240.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FNB-outage-new--768x307.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Update \u2014 15:00<\/h3>\n<p>FNB told MyBroadband its IT teams were working hard to urgently restore full functionality on the affected channels.<\/p>\n<p>It apologised to customers for the limited functionality.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Update \u2014 17:20<\/h3>\n<p>FNB says it has restored the affected services and customers can now access them normally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any customer who continues to experience issues with our services can contact us directly for assistance,&#8221; the bank said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to thank our customers for their patience and ongoing support,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/banking\/450798-fnb-launches-huge-fuel-rewards-boost-as-south-africa-faces-petrol-price-hike.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">FNB launches huge fuel rewards boost as South Africa faces petrol price hike<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous FNB customers have complained they were unable to log into the bank&#8217;s mobile app or Internet banking. 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