Nu Colombia CEO Says Banking Failures Could Affect Bre-B: 'Unacceptable for an Entity to Be Down for Days'

Marcela Torres, general manager of Nu Colombia Photo: Courtesy

Nu Colombia CEO Says Banking Failures Could Affect Bre-B: 'Unacceptable for an Entity to Be Down for Days'

TL;DR

  • Bancolombia and Nequi experienced significant digital channel outages.
  • Marcela Torres of Nu Colombia criticized the outages, stating they could impact the Bre-B instant payment system.
  • Torres experienced failed attempts to use Bre-B for payments.
  • Bancolombia cited a technical failure during a scheduled system modernization as the cause of the outage.
  • The bank assured customers that their money and data are secure and that the incident was not a cybersecurity breach.