It can get uncomfortable for ING customers at the weekend. The well-known bank has announced maintenance work on its systems. This is to ensure safety, according to ING. In the meantime, however, ING customers will have to do without internet banking and app banking.

Updates can sometimes be annoying, but they are extremely important. Security holes are often patched or the technology updated. What applies to private users also applies to a large bank like ING. The Frankfurter Bank has announced maintenance work for the coming weekend.

No internet or app banking: ING announces weekend maintenance work

On the night of Saturday October 15th to Sunday October 16th the service will therefore be restricted. for four hours between 10:00 p.m. and 02:00 a.mING customers will benefit from this Internet banking and also app banking have to be done without.

ING deliberately moved the timing to the night to “minimize the impact on our customers,” according to the bank (source: MobileFlip).

However, ING customers are not completely cut off from the blessings of the modern payment world on the night from Saturday to Sunday. Because that Pay by card or smartphone (e.g. Apple Pay or Google Pay) during the maintenance work continue to be possible.

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