Imagine waking up in the morning and seeing thousands of dollars debited from your account mysteriously. Well, something similar happened to credit card users across New Zealand recently that too at a time when the country has fallen into recession. It turns out that a third-party provider experienced a technical error which caused duplicate payments to be made among New Zealand Bank (BNZ) customers who used their cards to pay for goods and services between 10pm and 10.30pm. They said: "BNZ is supporting our customers who have been impacted by a technical issue caused by an external credit card service provider. "Approximately 500 Kiwibank customers may have experienced issues using their credit cards this morning due to a vendor technical issue," they said.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 19, 2023 14:40 UTC