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Complaints, concerns still rolling in as VyStar online banking woes continue
Read full article: Complaints, concerns still rolling in as VyStar online banking woes continueVyStar Credit Union members struggling to get information on their accounts for more than a week continued to voice concerns Saturday about not having access to their funds or financial data.
In interview, VyStar exec reveals CEO has been on vacation amid online banking issues but โbeen incredibly involvedโ
Read full article: In interview, VyStar exec reveals CEO has been on vacation amid online banking issues but โbeen incredibly involvedโAs VyStar Credit Union members have been struggling to get information on their accounts for a week now, News4JAX has learned the CEO has been on vacation.
Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affected
Read full article: Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affectedAmazonโs cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities and companies, including News4JAX and The Associated Press.
8 schools, VA clinic among thousands of Clay Electric customers without power for hours
Read full article: 8 schools, VA clinic among thousands of Clay Electric customers without power for hours8 schools, VA clinic among thousands of Clay Electric customers without power for hoursPublished: September 25, 2020, 5:10 pmAn issue with Clay Electric knocked out power for almost 23,000 customers just before 5 a.m. -- nearly 10% of the utilityโs customers.
More than a thousand without power after JEA equipment malfunction
Read full article: More than a thousand without power after JEA equipment malfunctionPublished: May 11, 2020, 7:06 am Updated: May 11, 2020, 7:53 amJACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ More than a thousand people were without power this morning after a JEA feederline was damaged at Arlington Road and Arlington Expressway. The malfunction knocked out power for more at least 1,064 people during the worst of the outage early Monday morning. Crews said they couldnโt determine what happened to cause the equipment to go down but noted there was a downed wire near Seabrook Parkway. Power should be restored within a few hours, Kyle told News4Jax. A crew has been on scene since 7 this morning.
Several online banking services crash as stimulus cash is deposited
Read full article: Several online banking services crash as stimulus cash is depositedSome details reported by CNET, an American media website that publishes news on technology and consumer electronics, were used in this report. Find that story here: https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/online-banking-struggling-as-people-check-for-coronavirus-stimulus-checks/Dozens of financial institutions are reporting outages or issues for customers attempting to access online and mobile banking accounts. The trouble with banking services comes the same day the IRS released 80 million coronavirus stimulus payments of at least $1,200, Wednesday. Banks reporting outages included Chase, Capital One, PNC Bank, US Bank and Navy Federal, as well as the app Cash App. Web outage monitoring site Down Detector also shows a spike in outages for these and other online banking services, like Walmart Money Card.