Hourlong ATM malfunction in Austria not due to euro

Hourlong ATM malfunction in Austria not due to euro
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January 2, 2002

VIENNA -- Austria's up to 2,600 exterior ATMs were back in operation on Jan. 2 after an hour-long nationwide breakdown, according to a Reuters report.

A manager at Europay Austria told Reuters the breakdown was not due to the euro changeover or the large number of ATM transactions.

"It was due to a failure of the central computer's memory system,' he said, correcting earlier reports that the large number of transactions following the launch of the euro had caused the system to malfunction.

A Bank Austria spokesman told Reuters that the country's 3,300 indoor machines at individual bank branches had not broken down.