Bank of America customers can't access accounts

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Updated: 8/11/2011 6:29 pm

Many Bank of America customers are having problems managing their accounts.

A spokesperson from the bank confirms that technical difficulties have occurred across Southern California, citing a "mainframe issue".

Frustration and confusion are just some of the emotions felt by some Bank of America customers.  We went searching for answers, but our only response was "technical difficulties."

Automated Teller Machines or ATMs are generally pretty easy to use.

But starting around nine Thursday morning, something went wrong.

If customers went inside, they came right back out.

At an ATM - same story.

"Yea it's a little confusing, it's frustrating," said Bank of America customer Eugene Roberts.

Bank of America customers across Southern California are having withdrawals from making withdrawals.

"All the systems are down.  I can't use my ATM card, I can't withdraw money, I can't transfer funds, I can't do anything," said customer Maria Velasquez.

We tested the theory ourselves and we got cash, but others weren't so lucky.  Roberts couldn't even view the balance of his savings account.

"I tried doing that with my account, a couple of times with my savings and everything else and there's no balance inquiries or anything like that," he said.

Bank of America spokesperson Tara Burke declined a phone interview, but sent an email calling it an "isolated incident" and said customers could still access their accounts.

Roberts experience didn't match Burke's statement.

"They just said that they don't really know what the issue is, and they don't know when it's going to be back up to normal."

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jpsnugs - 9/18/2012 9:21 AM
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Can't get into bank of america on-line today....what is the problem? Probably Cloud Related...security or something. If I was younger..I would get a degree in 'online security' !!!

Paranah - 8/12/2011 4:12 PM
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A little story about Bank of America. It was started by an Italian imigrant in San Francisco. He first called it The Bank of Italy but was having trouble getting depositors. Most people were connecting it to the Italian Mafia. He changed the name to Bank of America and became a success.

thewayitis - 8/12/2011 9:50 AM
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I couldn't use my ATM card at a store yesterday afternoon, and I haven't tried it at the bank yet, but I could access everything on the internet like normal.

Paranah - 8/12/2011 4:34 AM
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Of course the bank took your deposit, but did you withdraw any cash? That's where the story says people are having problems.

Dragon - 8/11/2011 8:10 PM
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I did an ATM deposit about 3 PM today at the Market Place B of A and another one right before 8 PM tonight. No issues whatsoever. It is true that at the moment I can't get full online updates. However, I can see all of my account activity through last night.
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