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The key banking systems were offline for more than three hours
Fed says that the massive outage was caused by an ‘operational error’
Systems affected form the backbone of US banking and financial sector
Fedwire is used by banks to transfer an average of $3.3 trillion every day
FedACH handles smaller transactions such as paychecks and tax refunds
The Federal Reserve payment systems used to settle transactions between U.S. financial institutions suffered a massive disruption due to an ‘operational error’.
The system used by U.S. banks to execute some $3 trillion in transactions daily began suffering outages at around 11.15am Eastern time on Wednesday, and remained down for more than three hours.
Federal Reserve Wire and ACH Systems Back Online after Outage Affecting Exchanges
Feb 25 2021 · 10:05 UTC | Updated
Feb 25 2021 · 10:16 by John Kiguru · 3 min read
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Some other services offered by the Fed were also disrupted some of which include, FedLine Advantage, FedLine Command, FedLine Direct, FedLine Web and FedMail.
For an hour, the Federal reserve wire and ACH systems were down. During the Wednesday downtime, a number of US-based crypto exchanges was affected.
The systems allow the Fed to send wires and settle the transactions in real-time. Fedwire offers real-time settlement across accredited institutions. Gemini and Kraken reported delays in Federal Reserve wire and automated clearing house transactions. But the severity of it was much greater as no bank was able to send or receive wires. During the downtime, many in the crypto community were quick to point out that Blockchain could serve th
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