Ethiopia’s Commercial Bank says mobile, internet, and card services will be unavailable early Sunday for system upgrades, with CBE Birr transactions unaffected.
Toronto – Ethiopia’s Commercial Bank on Sunday announced that digital services related to mobile banking, Internet banking, POS , ATM and services it offers in collaboration with third parties will be experiencing disruptions.. CBE Birr transactions will not be impacted by the disruption.. The largest state-owned bank with about 2000 branches was specific in its announcement that the services mentioned above will not be available between 3:00 a.m.. and 4:30 a.m.. on Sunday It related
it to “system upgrades” and urged clients to prepare for it.. The 84 years old bank which used to have a reputation for excellence has a recent history of “systemic glitch”.. In March 2024, over 490,000 illegal transactions were made due to what was described as a “glitch” in the course of “improving the system.” At the time, Abe Sano confirmed it.. The country’s intelligence unit was investigating it but the “glitch” narrative persisted.. And
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