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Hungarian banking system maintenance

Overview

Major financial institutions in Hungary, including MBH Bank, K&H Bank, and UniCredit Bank, announced scheduled system maintenance and updates for late September and early October 2026. These planned outages were expected to impact various services such as e-banking, mobile applications, investment services, and ATM availability. MBH Bank specifically noted that customers might face difficulties with bank card transactions, online shopping approvals, and instant payments, potentially requiring SMS-based confirmation in place of push notifications.

Further disruptions have been announced for the weekend of October 17-18, involving OTP, Erste, K&H, MBH, and MagNet Bank. These outages may affect internet and mobile banking, transfers, card payments, and certain ATM functions. Some issues are linked to planned developments of the GIRO Zrt. central instant payment system scheduled for October 18.

OTP Bank has specified that instant payment order processing will be suspended on Sunday, October 18, between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM. Additionally, business customers may encounter unavailability of digital services, including eBIZ, Electra, and Corporate API, during maintenance windows on October 18 and October 25.

Entities

K&H Bank · UniCredit Bank · Erste Bank · OTP Bank · Tirana

Timeline

  1. [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources
    Hungarian banks announce scheduled service disruptions

    Major Hungarian banks, including OTP and Erste, have announced scheduled system maintenance for mid-October, potentially disrupting card payments, transfers, and mobile banking services.

  2. [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Erste Bank and UniCredit Bank face digital service disruptions

    Banking customers in Poland and the Czech Republic faced service disruptions, with Erste Bank experiencing login errors and UniCredit Bank dealing with an extended planned maintenance outage.

  3. [BUSINESS] 8 sources
    Hungarian banks announce scheduled system maintenance and service outages

    Major Hungarian banks, including MBH, K&H, and UniCredit, have announced scheduled system maintenance causing temporary disruptions to online banking, card payments, and transfers.

Sources

bitcoinbazis.hu · femina.hu · figaro.postr.hu · forbes.hu · haszon.hu · hvg.hu · instalki.pl · mindmegette.hu · novekedes.hu · penize.cz · privatbankar.hu · toysforlife.co.nz

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