That may have been the issue.
I received an email today -
Yesterday, 10,000 people reported issues accessing their Westpac Banking accounts after a Westpac outage resulted in difficulties for customers accessing online banking. This impacted customers’ ability to manage online banking, pay bills, and make purchases.
With a link to sign a petition (i will read later today) -
An Australian cash and banking guarantee
Banks are deserting towns and suburbs and leaving Australians without ready access to cash and banking services.
Millions of Australian consumers and businesses trust and rely on cash for their everyday needs and for budgeting purposes. Even Australians that don’t attend banks or use cash regularly need access to face-to-face banking services and physical money sometimes.
Without a guarantee of access to full banking services and physical cash and a guaranteed right to use cash to buy food and essentials:
· Local economies are weaker and vulnerable to system outages.
· Many vulnerable people are effectively excluded from the economy.
· Businesses are harder to manage.
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We call for an Australian Banking and Cash Guarantee that includes these rights:
1) All Australians must be able to have reasonable local access to cash and full banking services.
2) All Australians must be able to choose cash when paying for food and essentials at physical retailers.
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No Australian town, suburb or community should be left without reasonable local access to full banking services and physical notes and coins. Every Australian must be able to use cash to buy food and groceries if they choose.
We call for an Australian right to access banking and use cash to buy essentials in our local communities, towns and suburbs.