Japan payments clearing network restored after 2-day disruption

Japan's payments clearing network was fully restored Thursday morning, two days after a system failure disrupted fund transfers at multiple financial institutions, its operator said.Among the banks that were hit, MUFG Bank said the same day that its transaction service had returned to normal following the problem in the system operated by Japanese Banks' Payment Clearing Network that affected over 5 million transactions.Transfers via automated teller machines, online banking and bank counters were all delayed in the first system problem to impact bank customers since the network was launche…READ FULL ARTICLE