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Interac has temporarily taken the Interac e-Transfer offline Friday due to “intermittent issues,” as the month of June comes to an end.

Interac first reported issues with its system Thursday around 6:30 p.m. ET when the e-transfer service was showing a “currently unavailable” message.

The company reported the service was functional just after 7 p.m. before experiencing problems again later in the evening.

We're sorry for the technical difficulties with the Interac e-Transfer. Interac is aware of this issue and is working to resolve it asap. — BMO (@BMO) June 30, 2017

Sorry – We’re experiencing issues with Interac e-Transfer. All banks are impacted. We will provide updates. — CIBC (@cibc) June 30, 2017

Customers attempting to pay month-end bills were experiencing problems with transfers from accounts held with CIBC, Scotiabank, Tangerine and Bank of Montreal.

UPDATE: INTERAC e-Transfer service is restored. We apologize for the inconvenience tonight and thank you for your continued patience. — INTERAC (@INTERAC) June 30, 2017

At around 2:20 a.m., Interac said the e-transfer service was restored and apologized “for the inconvenience tonight.” However, the service appeared to be down again Friday morning.

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The INTERAC e-Transfer service is operating, but there are intermittent issues with sending/receiving. We are working to resolve. Stay tuned — INTERAC (@INTERAC) June 30, 2017

“The INTERAC e-Transfer service is operating, but there are intermittent issues with sending/receiving. We are working to resolve. Stay tuned,” the company tweeted.

At around 2 p.m., Interac said in a statement its suffering from “significant technical difficulty” impacting the e-transfer service.

“We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible,” the company said. “Some financial institutions have suspended the Interac e-Transfer service.”

No other Interac services have been affected by the technical issues, the company said.

The company says an internal technical problem caused the issue, but INTERAC says all data remains secure.