Zenith Bank Plc has tendered an apology to its customers for the poor services experienced on its banking platforms.
Investors King reported that the service disruption which lasted for days left customers frustrated.
Despite the notice from the bank notifying its customers that it would perform maintenance from September 29 to October 1, many customers took to social media to register their disappointment with the bank.
Also, on Monday, September 30, angry customers converged at Zenith Bank, Ijaiye Ojokoro branch in Lagos, demanding access to their money.
A customer, Segun, who said that his main goal was to transfer his funds to another bank after being unable to access his money through any means revealed that for two days, he had tried to withdraw or transfer money through the bank’s mobile app, but nothing worked.
“My family nearly went hungry yesterday because of this issue,” he said, adding that his ATM card wasn’t working either.
However, on Thursday, Zenith Bank issued an apology via its official X handle to its customers.
The bank revealed that it had completed its maintenance upgrade and apologized for the inconvenience caused during the process.
Zenith Bank disclosed that the upgrade was aimed at improving the bank’s quality of service to its customers, emphasizing that customers can now perform transactions conveniently on all its banking channels, including mobile app, internet banking platform, debit card, agent banking, and branches nationwide.
The statement read, “Dear Valued Customer,
We sincerely apologise for the service disruptions you experienced recently on our banking channels. This was due to an information Technology upgrade aimed at improving the quality of service we provide.
We have made significant progress with the upgrade and you can now perform transactions conveniently with the following Zenith bank Channels:
Your Zenith Bank Debit Card
The Zenith Bank Mobile App
The Zenith bank Internet Banking Platform
Zenith Agents nationwide (Agent Banking)