Processing Issue Delays Payments To New Mexico Unemployment Insurance Debit Cards
Processing Issue Delays Payments To New Mexico Unemployment Insurance Debit Cards
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wells Fargo & Company (NYS: WFC) , announced today that a processing issue occurred with an automated clearing house (ACH) transaction associated with the New Mexico Unemployment Insurance Debit Card on Monday, January 7. As a result, debit cardholders experienced a delay in fund availability.
Approximately half of eligible benefit recipients that hold the New Mexico Unemployment Insurance Debit Cards receive weekly funds at 5 a.m. MST every Monday; the remaining recipients receive funds at 5 a.m. MST every Tuesday. The processing issue delayed payment to all card holders until Tuesday, January 8, at 10:30 a.m. MST.
"We understand that access to these funds is critical for our New Mexico Unemployment Insurance Debit Card holders and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused," said Mark Jensen, regional vice president, Wells Fargo Government and Institutional Banking. "Upon discovery of this issue, we worked closely with our payments processing partner to ensure the payments were processed quickly."
The processing issue has been addressed, and the issue has been resolved. Any fees charged to debit card holders as a direct result of the delay of payment will be refunded.
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