Major Commonwealth Bank outage prevents some customers from accessing accounts

CBA says issue resolved without reporting cause, but advises delay in some payments as services brought back online

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Commonwealth Bank suffered a major outage on Monday, with customers unable to access their accounts, including transfers and payments, for several hours.

Customers reported not being able to check their account balances or transfer funds in the Netbank app and some said they were unable to make purchases. Credit cards appeared unaffected at the time of reporting.

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