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Visa Card Payment Systems Go Down Across Europe (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the outage-report dept.

Catalin Cimpanu, reporting for BleepingComputer: The Visa card payment system is currently down across Europe. Users across the continent have reported problems during the day when attempting to make payments using their Visa cards. A Visa spokesperson confirmed the outage but did not reveal any other details, such as its cause or its scale. Bank social media accounts also confirmed the outage and informed customers of the issue. Users across the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Hungary have confirmed problems with payments, but the problems are believed to affect all European countries.

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  1. Oops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place or something. Shit! I always do that. I always mess up some mundane detail.

  2. If only there was some alternative... by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Funny

    So if the system crash you could still have a form of exchange to pay for services... Something that couldn't easily be copied or forged like metal or maybe certificates with highly detailed printing that could come in different denominations.

  3. GDPR by Tukz · · Score: 4, Funny

    VISA probably forgot to respond to an GDPR e-mail and got cut off.

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