The trouble occurred despite the bank, a unit of
Customers were unable to make money transfers between banks through Mizuho's internet banking and automated teller machines for about an hour starting around
The bank attributed the failure to human error in system settings regarding transactions at night and on holidays.
The affected customers will be notified individually as to how their requests will be handled, according to Mizuho.
The bank has been hit by eight system failures from February to September this year, temporarily suspending transactions for about 80 percent of its ATMs in one case. The series of system failures led to the replacement of top executives.
==Kyodo
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