HSBC Malta customers will be unable to use their cards for online transactions or withdraw money from bank ATMs from late on Saturday until early on Monday morning, as the bank overhauls its card system. What services will be impacted? The service interruptions will begin at 10.30pm on Saturday evening, when the bank’s 68 ATMs will go offline until 8am on Monday, February 7. Online transactions using HSBC-issued Visa or Mastercard cards will not be processed from 2am on Sunday morning until 8am on Monday. Service interruptions are also expected to impact point-of-sale transactions using HSBC-issued cards, starting from 2am on Sunday morning. While POS transactions will still be possible, they will be restricted to a maximum of €350 for Visa debit and credit cards and Mastercard classic cards, and €700 for Mastercard premier customer cards. The upgrade will also temporarily impact internet banking transactions: payments through online banking will not be available between 2am and 2pm on Sunday. Bank ATMs will be impacted by the ugrade. Photo: Shutterstock “Since you will not be able to make any ATM transactions during the aforementioned temporary period, we recommend that you...