Revolut services disrupted by technical outage

On October 20, 2026, the fintech company Revolut experienced a significant global service disruption that prevented millions of users from accessing their accounts, performing money transfers, or completing card payments at physical stores. The outage triggered widespread reports of error messages, such as 'Something went wrong,' across Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Malta, Ireland, and other European countries.

Revolut acknowledged the incident through statements on platforms including X and Reddit, confirming that a technical fault was affecting multiple platform functions. While the company did not initially specify the cause, subsequent reports identified an underlying failure in Google’s infrastructure as the primary driver of the instability. The disruption was particularly notable in Cyprus, where the platform has a significant user base of approximately 450,000 people, leading to considerable alarm among residents reliant on the service for daily financial transactions.

Revolut’s engineering teams worked throughout the day to restore full functionality. The company issued official apologies to affected customers and emphasized that all user data and funds remained secure throughout the duration of the technical failure.