Wells Fargo suffers widespread outage of ATMs, mobile banking capabilities
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Customers of Wells Fargo on Thursday reported an outage affecting the big bank's ATMs as well as online and mobile banking.
KULR-TV in Montana is reporting that a bank employee said the outage is a result of a fire at a server farm located in Shoreview, Minnesota. As a result of the fire the servers had to be shut down, the bank employee reportedly said.
A customer service representative reportedly said it is a nationwide outage.
Wells Fargo in a tweet said:
Customers who have tried to access Wells Fargo online get a message about technical issues.
Wells Fargo issued a public statement, apologizing for the glitch.
"We’re experiencing a systems issue that is causing intermittent outages, and we’re working to restore services as soon as possible," the bank said in a statement. "We apologize for the inconvenience."
Some customers are also reporting the issue is impacting ATMs and credit cards.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WFC | WELLS FARGO & CO. | 75.28 | -0.89 | -1.17% |
Wells Fargo did not immediately respond to FOX Business' request for additional details.
Customers were tweeting about the outage.
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The problem reportedly began Wednesday night.
Please check back as this is a developing story.