Bancolombia's digital blackout continues this Thursday: service stabilization process not yet finished

Operational failures have been registered since February 22 on digital channels. Photo: Portafolio Archive

Bancolombia's digital blackout continues this Thursday: service stabilization process not yet finished

TL;DR

  • Bancolombia's digital channels are still experiencing outages as of Thursday.
  • The stabilization process began Wednesday evening and has not yet finished.
  • The bank is providing updates every two hours.
  • The president, Juan Carlos Mora, apologized for the failures, acknowledging a broken promise of availability.
  • The issue originated from an error during a technological evolution procedure, specifically an update to a critical machine by the technology provider.
  • The bank attempted to reverse the process but faced complex technical challenges.
  • It was confirmed that there was no cyberattack, and customer data and funds are safe.
  • Some services remain accessible: transfers to registered and unregistered Bancolombia accounts, ATM and correspondent withdrawals, and payments with debit and credit cards.