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| New year bug strikes German cards | New year bug strikes German cards |
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| Millions of Germans have faced problems using credit and debit cards due to a new year software bug. | Millions of Germans have faced problems using credit and debit cards due to a new year software bug. |
| According to one of Germany's biggest banking associations, the problems are linked to issues reading the new date. | According to one of Germany's biggest banking associations, the problems are linked to issues reading the new date. |
| The problem has been described as a "late Millennium bug" and is affecting 20 million debit cards and 3.5 million credit cards. | |
| Although thousands of machines have already been fixed, many will not be fully functional until Monday. | Although thousands of machines have already been fixed, many will not be fully functional until Monday. |
| One of the main organisations representing German banks - the DSGV, or Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband - says that the security of transactions has not been affected by the problem. | One of the main organisations representing German banks - the DSGV, or Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband - says that the security of transactions has not been affected by the problem. |