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Revolut Outage Hits Card Payments and Transfers Worldwide
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Fusion42 · 20 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Revolut experienced a major outage across Europe on 20 October 2026, disabling card payments, transfers, and app access due to failures in Google's London cloud region. The outage affected multiple services and businesses relying on the same infrastructure, highlighting the risks of regional cloud dependency and regulatory concerns around operational availability.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 35 sources have reported it between 20 Oct 2026 and 26 Oct 2026.
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You face rising pressure to architect your services across multiple cloud regions or providers to avoid a shared infrastructure outage wiping out your payments and customer access. Early moves on multi-region failover will keep you compliant with tightening EU and UK operational rules and protect your revenue.
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35 sources · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · latest 26 Oct 2026
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