Deutsche Postbank AG ATMS not working in Germany? Banks in Europe shutting down due to glitches or are they Bank Holidays?

"I got word from a financial expert that the Deutsche Post Bank ATMs in Germany are not working this weekend.

I have not been able to confirm this from another source as of yet.

Considering that RBS is saying their glitches won't be fixed until July 31st and now  Russia's largest bank Sberbank is stopping all credit and debit card transactions.  Then there is BNI who are saying they will not reopen until July 31st.  Something big is happening with the banks shutting down." Read More

A related article in German from N-TV:

Geldautomaten funktionieren wiederPostbank gibt Entwarnung

Google Translation from N-TV:

Saturday 07 July 2012

Geldautomaten funktionieren wiederPostbank gibt Entwarnung

A line problem of Deutsche Telekom defines the ATMs of the bank nationwide postal temporarily paralyzed. But in the morning fix technician error.

At the slots of the Postbank again, money can be withdrawn. (Photo: Reuters)

The 2100 ATMs of the Post Bank, according to a technical fault functional again. The spokesman said the bank on Saturday morning. The reason for the breakdown of damage a computer called the Telekom for Telekom's subsidiary Itenos.

For customers of Postbank, it should have, in the words of the speaker's bank but were no major problems in obtaining cash. For in all 1100 stores and at vending machines at Shell petrol stations have money can be withdrawn.

A large part of the collection points, West Lotto was affected by the outage. The company had announced on Friday that only about 60 percent of its receiving offices functioned. The gambling organizers had expected, that would make immediate start of the holidays, many people have their tip before they go on vacation. Until Saturday Lotto points were the re-connected to the system, said the spokesman for Deutsche Telekom.

Quelle: n-tv.de, jga/dpa