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Revolut outage tied to Google Cloud London region disruption
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Fusion42 · 21 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Revolut experienced a widespread service outage due to technical problems in Google's Cloud London region, impacting payments, transfers, and trading services. Other UK financial institutions including Lloyds, HSBC, and Royal Bank of Scotland also faced related disruptions.
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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Outages in major cloud providers like Google Cloud now create direct risk of widespread disruption for fintech firms like Revolut. You must prepare multi-region cloud strategies this week to avoid total service blackouts.
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35 sources · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · latest 26 Oct 2026
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