Bank breaks for the weekend. Beware of card payments

2026-01-16 14:32
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2026-01-16 14:32
After a relatively calm start to the year, banks returned to the need to improve their transaction services. The list of unavailable services includes express transfers and transfers to a Blik phone number. However, one of the large banks announced possible problems with the operation of the cards.


In the coming days, customers of Bank Nowy, Bank Pocztowy, BNP Paribas, ING Bank Śląski and Santander Consumer Bank should prepare for difficulties related to service work.
Break in Bank Nowy
At night from Saturday to Sunday (January 17/18, 2026) at 0.30 to 4.30 it will not be possible to use the fast transfer service made in the Express Elixir system Bank New.
Work at Bank Pocztowy
Similar information can be found on the website Bank Pocztowy. The institution informs that at night from Saturday to Sunday (January 17/18 this year) at 0.30 to 4.30 it will not be possible to use transfers to the Blik phone number.
Service work at BNP Paribas
A slightly wider range of services will not be available at the same time, i.e. at night from Saturday to Sunday (January 17/18 this year) at 0.30 to 4.30 In BNP Paribas Bank Polska. The bank states on the login page that during the works, express elixir, Blik payments, mobile payments – parking lots and tickets, phone transfers, online payments such as PaybyLink and PaybyNet, PayU Express and e-gov applications will not be available, among others. 800 Plus.
Larger work at ING Bank Śląski
On the night from Friday to Saturday (January 16/17 this year) at 0.00 – 6.00 service work will be carried out in ING Bank Śląski. For the above six hours, you will not be able to activate cards, change transaction limits, insure cards and assign PIN codes, order payment cards, assign cards to your phone in the Moje ING Mobile application, add cards from external wallets (Apple Pay, Garmin Pay and Google Pay), or perform operations on your credit card account. Moreover, loans and sales processes for current and savings accounts will not work.
The bank announces that they may also appear at this time problems with executing payment card transactions in ATMs, cash deposit machines and payment terminals as well as making card payments online with 3DSecure.
This is not the end of the difficulties planned by the bank. On Saturday (January 17, 2026) at 8.00 – 16.00 The Makler module in Moje ING will not work. This is due to the need to carry out technological and service work.
At night from Saturday to Sunday (January 17/18 this year) at 0.30 to 4.30 the option of sending (or receiving) an Express Elixir express transfer and a transfer to a Blik phone to another bank will not be available.
Break at Santander Consumer Bank
Santander Consumer Bank planning a break on Saturday evening (January 17 this year), which will start at 9 p.m. and lasts until midnight. During the works, you will not be able to log in to your online and mobile banking profile.
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