Thousands of Australians have been locked out of their bank accounts after a major outage crippled ANZ’s mobile app and online banking system on Tuesday.

Both the ANZ app and internet banking portal were rendered inaccessible, leaving customers unable to log in, transfer money, or check their balances.

When users attempted to access the app, they were met with a message reading:

“ANZ App unavailable. We are working to have the ANZ App available again as soon as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience.”

ANZ’s Digital Service Status page confirmed an issue affecting “Payment Processing and Intra-Day Reporting”, warning customers of payment delays and transaction balance disruptions. Loading Tweet

“We are currently experiencing an issue impacting Payment processing and Intra-Day re

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