At least six Australian banks hit by network outages including Ubank and Bank Australia

Defence Bank, Beyond Bank, People’s Choice and P&N Bank among others to warn smartphone apps and online transfers unavailable on Thursday

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Several Australian banks appeared to be hit with technical issues that caused outages and left customers unable to make online transfers or use mobile banking apps on Thursday.

Banks including Ubank, Bank Australia, Defence Bank, Beyond Bank, People’s Choice and P&N Bank had warnings on their website on Thursday evening that several features including online transfers, smartphone apps and the use of Osko – a secure payment service – were unavailable.

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