Banco Cuscatlan, which I pretty much moved most of my money out of 6 months ago, after they were purchased by Citibank, has been having massive network problems for at least three days now.

The only reason I keep a couple grand or son in the Bank is to buy swag from Amazon.com. Well the last couple of days, charges for purchases from Amazon have been routinely denied by Cuscatlan, despite the fact that I have several grand in the account.

I got my kid and wife a debit card at the bank so I dont have to go digging in my wallet every time they need loot. The last two days, they have not been able to withdraw money from the bank's ATM machines or use the cards to make purchases.... My wife went to the bank this morning and someone there told her that they expect long lines this afternoon as people come to the bank to witdraw funds that they can not access via ATM. ALL OF THIS, and Cuscatlan does not even bother to put notification of the problems or an ETA of resolving them...

And you know what? NOT A SINGLE TICO WILL COMPLAIN!

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