Mizuho Bank blames switch to digital passbook for ATM outage

Mizuho Bank said Thursday a widespread system problem that affected its automated teller machines over the weekend was caused by a process related to the switch of customers' data to digital passbooks that began in January.The bank had planned to transfer deposit accounts that have been inactive for a year or longer to the digital passbooks in stages, but is considering postponing the process due to the problem.The issue, which became apparent on Sunday, resulted in over 4,300 ATMs failing to function and keeping 5,244 bank cards and account booklets inserted by customers. All of the affect…READ FULL ARTICLE