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In Kyiv, for the second day in a row, Oschadbank customers are complaining about technical outages, which cause ATMs to not work in some branches, and cash cannot be obtained even at the teller. The hardest hit by this are pensioners who need cash for daily needs. One such incident occurred in the morning of 18 September, when a female customer could not withdraw money at a bank branch because neither the ATM nor the teller was functioning.
Access to funds is being disrupted, customers attribute the problems to the consequences of massive Russian shelling. According to official data from Oschadbank, on 17 September the bank warned users about possible difficulties in the operation of electronic services due to another wave of attacks by Russia. As of 18 September, the institution continues to work on restoring stable system operations.
Some customers are trying to work around the problem and obtain cash during purchases in stores. At the same time, retail networks may set their own conditions and fees for such operations, so the necessary amount is not always withdrawable. On the eve of 17 September, users also reported outages in the bank’s mobile app — in particular, the inability to view information about their accounts and completed transactions.
There is currently no official confirmation that outages simultaneously affected all Oschadbank branches in Kyiv. However, the volume of customer reports indicates that the scale of the problem goes beyond isolated cases.
Why the shelling disables banking services
Massive rocket and drone strikes on energy infrastructure and data centers regularly lead to interruptions in the operation of Ukrainian banks’ electronic services. When power supply or Internet connectivity is disrupted in certain regions, it affects the speed of payment processing and the operation of mobile apps even for customers who are physically far from the strike location.
Because of this, financial institutions warn clients in advance about possible difficulties and advise carrying cash or alternative payment methods in case card payments are unavailable. This is exactly the situation this time as well: the technical problem the bank warned about the day before practically resulted in pensioners and other customers being unable to access their own funds for the second day in a row.
Earlier, Informator reported that Oschadbank warned about possible outages due to shelling 17 September, explicitly linking the risk of technical problems to Russia’s missile attack across Ukraine. We also noted that a court fined Oschadbank 58 thousand hryvnias for funds stolen by fraudsters from a resident of Odesa — the institution was obliged to return the money to the woman whose account was illegally debited.
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