Investigating - Central 1 is aware that users are experiencing extreme slowness or error messages when attempting to access the Administration tab in PaymentStream Direct. We have initiated an immediate investigation. Our technical team is gathering data to determine the underlying cause.
The reliability of PaymentStream Direct is important for you and your customers. Therefore, we’re committed to keeping you informed about what is happening in a timely manner. We’ll share an update with you by 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET), or as soon as we have more information to report on. Thank you for your understanding as we work to resolve the issue.
Business continuity planning and preparedness is a critical area of focus for Central 1. On September 20 and 21, 2025, Central 1 will be performing an extensive Disaster Recovery Exercise (DRE) for our Digital Banking, Payments and Treasury Services. For more details please see our Client Centre notice, Annual Disaster Recovery Exercise.
The following applications and services below may have periods of unavailability during our DRE at the times specified below:
• Mulesoft Wires Services on September 20 between 9 p.m. to September 21 6:30 a.m. PT (September 21 between 12 to 9:30 a.m. ET) • Treasury Services on September 20 between 9 p.m. to Sept 21 9 a.m. PT (Sept 21 between 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET). • Forge, MemberDirect, MemberDirect Small Business on September 21 between 12 to 5 a.m. PT (3 to 8 a.m. ET) • e-Transfers on September 21 between 1 to 4 a.m. PT (4 - 7 a.m. ET) • International Transfers on September 21 between 3 to 8 a.m. PT (6 to 11 a.m. ET) • AFT via PaymentStream Direct on September 21 between 1 to 3 a.m. PT (4 to 6 a.m. ET). • SFTP on September 21 between 7:30 a.m. to 12 pm. PT (10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET). • Bill Payment connections September 21 between 1 to 3 a.m. PT (4 to 6 a.m. ET).
Please contact Central 1 Support if you have any questions.
Central 1 - Support@central1.com - 1.888.889.7878 Posted on
Sep 15, 2025 - 12:58 PDT
Interac will be conducting a Rogers-Bell MPLS Redundancy Test this upcoming weekend, Saturday, September 20 from 11:00 p.m. to 2 a.m. PT (Sunday, September 21, 2:00 to 5:00 a.m. ET).
Interac expects a total of a 5-minute e-Transfer service outage as traffic will be switched from Rogers circuit to Bell circuit and then back (2.5-minute impact per switch).
Central 1 - support@central1.com - 1.888.889.7878, press 1 Posted on
Sep 15, 2025 - 14:09 PDT
Resolved -
Central 1 has been advised by Payments Canada that National Bank missed the AFT Morning Exchange Window.
National Bank has resolved their internal issue that caused the exchange to be missed, and all items will be delivered in the afternoon exchange. No further updates are expected on this matter.
Identified -
Central 1 has been advised by Payments Canada that BNS is experiencing internal AFT system issues and was unable to send AFT files in this morning's exchange. The estimated time of recovery is unknown.
Missed files will be sent in the first AFT exchange window following the resolution of their system issues.
We will provide further information as soon as we receive it from Payments Canada.
Update -
Fiserv, Central 1, and IBM have released the remaining 67 CAD wires to the SWIFT gateway for processing. They are now working on the remaining 35 USD wires created over the weekend. All the wires should be released before the end of the day.
An update will be provided after the assessment, no later than 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET)
Update -
Fiserv, Central 1, and IBM have a workaround to release the remaining 69 wires created over the weekend. We are working on the urgent high-dollar amount wires first. All the wires will be released to the SWIFT gateway in the next hour.
An update will be provided after the assessment, no later than 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET)
Update -
Inbound and outbound wires continue to process via the SWIFT gateway. However, there are 72 outgoing wires created over the weekend that have a status in PSD - Wires as "clearing". We are working with Fiserv and IBM to release these wires to the SWIFT gateway for processing.
An update will be provided after the assessment, no later than 12 p.m. PT (3 p.m. ET)
Update -
Central 1 is currently not able to process outgoing wires or connect to the SWIFT gateway. Incoming CAD wires are processing normally. Foreign Exchange incoming wires, including USD, are experiencing a delay due to the SWIFT gateway connection outage.
Wires can still be created, approved, and reviewed in PS-Wires; however, they are being queued for processing until Fiserv completes a fix. Central 1 and Fiserv are actively working to restore full service and will provide an update by 8 a.m. PT (11 a.m. ET).
Identified -
Central 1 is currently not able to send CAD and USD wires. Incoming wires are processing normally. Wires can still be created and reviewed in PS-Wires.
Central 1 and Fiserv are actively working to restore full service and will provide an update by 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET).
Resolved -
The incident has been resolved, and Forms access has been fully restored.
We appreciate your patience and understanding while our team worked to resolve this incident.
Sep 15, 09:33 PDT
Investigating -
Forms on the Client Centre are not loading. Users will receive the following error when attempting to access a form:
{"success":false,"data":"You don't have enough permissions."}
We’ll share our next update with you by 10:00 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET), or as soon as we have more information to report on. Thank you for your understanding as we work to resolve the issue.
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Sep 13, 20:00 PDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Sep 12, 16:00 PDT
Update -
We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.
Sep 12, 15:29 PDT
Update -
We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.
Sep 12, 12:53 PDT
Scheduled -
As part of Central 1’s ongoing Wires product maintenance, our vendor will be deploying a system release starting Friday, September 12, 2025, at 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET) to Saturday, September 13, at 8 p.m. PT (11 p.m. ET). During the maintenance, customers will be able to create wires.
During testing, we encountered a temporary limitation affecting the MX Wires message format. Specifically, when users populate all 6 lines in the “Sender FI to Receiver FI information” field on Wires, only the content from Lines 1 and 2 will be included in outgoing MX Wire messages during backend message creation. Data entered in Lines 3 to 6 will not be captured in this process.
The vendor is actively working on a solution that is scheduled for the next release on November 16, 2025.
Temporary workaround
• For Regular Wires, users who need to include additional information can use the Payment Details field (which allows up to four lines), in combination with Lines 1 and 2 of the “Sender FI to Receiver FI information” field. • For Bank-to-Bank Wires, users are limited to Lines 1 and 2 of the “Sender FI to Receiver FI information” field only.
Additional safeguard – effective September 16, 2025
To further assist Wires users during the Wires creation process, the character count for Lines 3 to 6 of the “Sender FI to Receiver FI Information” field will be reduced to zero. If users input information in these lines and proceed to create the wire, they will receive an error message displaying “Invalid characters” at the top of the page. To see an example, go to the Client Center communication Update to Wires: Temporary limitation in the Sender FI to Receiver FI Information optional field.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we work toward a permanent resolution.
Resolved -
The incident has been resolved, and access to the manuals has been fully restored.
We appreciate your patience and understanding while our team worked to resolve this incident.
Sep 12, 11:40 PDT
Investigating -
All manuals on the Client Centre are not loading. Users will receive an error that the site is not loading. This is affecting the Payments Solutions Manual, Originations Solutions Manual, Forge Manual, BC Manual and ON Manual.
We’ll share our next with you by 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET), or as soon as we have more information to report on. Thank you for your understanding as we work to resolve the issue.
Update -
Please be advised that while email-based Two-Step Verification (2SV) is working as expected, mobile text (SMS) login is currently unavailable. As a workaround, users can use email as their verification method
Sep 12, 07:41 PDT
Investigating -
We are currently experiencing a service degradation affecting members attempting to log in using Two-Step Verification (2SV). Users may encounter errors during the login process. We are actively investigating service degradation to identify the root cause and assess the impact. We are conducting a thorough analysis of the systems involved and working toward resolving the issue.
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Sep 9, 01:30 PDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Sep 9, 01:01 PDT
Scheduled -
Please be advised that Fuse release 1.21.1 is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 1 a.m. PT (4 a.m. ET). The release contains a single backend change for a client specific incident.
Identified -
Interac has advised of an ongoing issue impacting OAS Archived Search functionality. Users are currently unable to search for archived transactions in OAS.
A fix has been validated by Interac’s technical teams and is scheduled for tonight at 7:00pm PT (10:00 pm ET)
Resolved -
The performance issues for UM have been resolved. The Manage Requests option is now accessible.
Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Sep 4, 10:15 PDT
Investigating -
Central 1 is aware that some users are experiencing slowness when using UM. In addition, the Manage Requests option is not loading or returning an error message. Our technical Support team is currently investigating this incident.
Investigating -
Some users of FX Drafts have reported receiving error messages when attempting to access FX Drafts via Chrome. Central 1 has reached out to Convera to report the matter and to request support. As soon as we have an update from them, we will share the information.
In the meantime, we are aware of users successfully accessing the application when using Firefox or Edge.
We will provide an update by tomorrow, September 4, at 7:30 am PT (10:30 am ET).
Resolved -
***This notice is directed to those clients that use Cardtronics as their switch provider***
The POS and SCD settlement file for September 2 was delayed from Cardtronics to Central 1. The file has now been received and processed and posted with an effective date of September 2.
Resolved -
Due to the long weekend and the month-end, the EMCD (Detailed Transaction Listing) report expected on September 3rd is delayed and was not included in this morning's MERG0903 file. EMCU and ECCX reports for the same date were not affected.
The delayed EMCD report will be included in tomorrow's MERG0904 file and FTP folders (ON).