Commonwealth Bank has been forced to refund customers after a computer glitch caused the bank to charge customers double for purchases on their credit and debit cards, and in some cases, to drain their accounts completely. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) said it had received reports of people being charged more than $2000 by ANZ Bank, Westpac Banking Corporation, National Australia Bank The Bank of Queensland has also been experiencing technical issues today with pensioners unable to access their Centrelink payments and its mobile banking system going down.
Commonwealth Bank has been forced to refund customers after a computer glitch caused the bank to charge customers double for purchases on their credit and debit cards, and in some cases, to drain their accounts completely. The bank has since confirmed that it had not been hacked. The Bank of Queensland has also been experiencing technical issues today with pensioners unable to access their Centrelink payments and its mobile banking system going down.