The Bank of Montreal has confirmed an outage impacting online services via the bank’s website.
Beginning in the early morning hours Wednesday, users of the third-party website DownDetector reported problems accessing online banking and login services, reaching a peak of close to 100 reports shortly after 9 a.m.
An an emailed response to a CTVNews.ca inquiry, a spokesperson for BMO wrote that customers could continue to access services via the bank’s mobile app, retail locations and ATMs.
“We are actively working to restore services and will keep customers updated,” the statement reads.
“We apologize for any inconvenience and thank our customers for their patience.”
Reported issues appear to affect major population centres such as Vancouver, Calgary, the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal and Halifax.
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