SBI system crashes; branches open on Sunday

Kolkata/Mumbai/New Delhi/Chennai, Oct 1 (PTI) Business
transactions at Sate Bank of India (SBI) branches across the
country were hit Saturday due to a satellite link failure,
much to the inconvenience of lakhs of customers.
State Bank of India (SBI), the nation’s largest lender,
in a statement issued in Mumbai said all its branches will
remain open for normal business tomorrow, though it is a
national holiday on account of 'Gandhi Jayanti', to make up
for the loss of working hours today.
Services in eastern Indian state West Bengal were
crippled ahead of the Durga Puja festival that prompted Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee to call up Union Finance Minister
Pranab Mukherjee.
Banerjee told reporters in Kolkata that she telephoned
the Finance Minister about the problem and sought a remedy.
She further said state Finance Minister Amit Mitra talked
to the SBI Chief Manager who assured that all branches in the
state would function till late tonight to clear dues of the
customers.
The bank's spokesperson in Mumbai could not confirm
whether ATM services were also hit.
The spokesperson said, "Our satellite link from Bellary
failed and the operations across all our branches were
impacted. It will be a full working day for SBI tomorrow."
Later in the night, the spokesperson confirmed that
services were restored to normalcy.
The nation's largest lender has about 13,560 branches
across the country.