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Revolut Outage Disrupts Payments Across Europe

Published

20 October 2026

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technology

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Fintech

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Europe

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Fusion42 · 20 October 2026 · Fusion42 review

A power-related failure at Google Cloud's London infrastructure caused a major Revolut outage on October 20, 2026, disrupting card payments, bank transfers, cash withdrawals, and account access across Europe, also impacting other banks like Lloyds, Halifax, HSBC, and ING.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 35 sources have reported it between 20 Oct 2026 and 26 Oct 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Your fintech business now lives or dies on cloud uptime, not just your app. Google Cloud outages create a direct threat to payments and customer trust that you must mitigate this week.

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35 sources · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · latest 26 Oct 2026

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