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Google Cloud London Outage Hits Revolut, UK Banks

Published

21 October 2026

Topic

operational-macro

◆ Sectors

Fintech

◆ Geography

United Kingdom

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Fusion42 · 24 October 2026 · Fusion42 review

A power fault in Google Cloud's london europe-west2-b zone caused outages affecting Revolut, UK banks, and other services, highlighting dependency risks. This is the first major test of the UK's new regulatory oversight of critical cloud providers introduced in July 2026.

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

The UK has taken direct control over cloud providers like Google Cloud for financial services, and your fintech startup's cloud reliance just became a regulatory risk to manage. Regulators will probe outages closely, giving you a strong imperative to diversify cloud zones or providers now.

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

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Fintechgoogle-cloudoutageuk-financial-regulationrevolutcloud-dependency