Aktia’s services several days of service break – “due to technical restrictions”
Banks|The service break is scheduled for the Easter weekend, because then bank traffic is calmer, Aktia says.
Aktia Bank The services will begin a long service break next week.
The break will begin on Thursday evening, April 17, and is expected to end on Tuesday morning by April 22nd.
Aktia announcement According to the interruption, Aktia Id and Aktia Wallet used for strong authentication are off to the service of Aktia’s Mobile Bank, online bank, online banking. In addition, Aktia’s card payments in online stores do not work.
Instead, Aktia’s credit card payments in stoneware stores work during the break. Debit card payments and cash withdrawals are basically operational, but may have interference.
Aktia Communications Director Mia Smeds says that the length of the break is from technical reasons.
« It is due to technical limitations, unfortunately we are unable to do (maintenance) faster. »
According to Smeds, the service break is deliberately scheduled for the Easter weekend, as then bank traffic is calmer.
According to Smeds, the bank’s customer should be prepared for the interruption by managing, for example, invoices if their due date hits the service break.
You can also be prepared by keeping a break in online shopping.
« If a customer wants to order something from an online store, it almost always requires ID authentication, so it won’t work. »
Bank of Finland is recommended Citizens to prepare for service breaks, for example, so that the household has online banking IDs and payment cards in two different banks, Smeds recalls. In addition, it has recommended that you introduce a mobile or citizen certificate as a tool for strong authentication.
