Officials blame equipment failure, rule out a cyberattack, and warn it may not be fixed today. In one of the most cash-loving countries in the world, there’s no worse time for the ATMs to go down than a Friday afternoon.
🇯🇵 128 credit unions across western Japan just went DARK.
ATMs, online banking and counter services are frozen at over 3,400 branches.
Officials blame equipment failure, rule out a cyberattack, and warn it may not be fixed today.
In one of the most cash-loving countries in the world, there’s no worse time for the ATMs to go down than a Friday afternoon.
Sources: Bloomberg, Sankei Shimbun / Writer: Julie
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 6, 2026
