Revolut and other banking apps go down as Google Cloud suffers UK outage
A Google Cloud outage in the London region caused significant disruptions for several banking apps, including Revolut and Halifax. Affected companies confirmed that customer funds and data remained secure while they worked to resolve the technical issues.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the fragility of modern digital banking infrastructure and the risks associated with reliance on centralized cloud service providers.
Bloomberg/Getty Images Multiple banking apps in London, including Revolut, faced disruptions on Tuesday morning. Google Cloud is also experiencing outages in London. Revolut said in a statement that customers' money is safe while it investigates the disruption. Google Cloud is experiencing outages in London that appear to have knocked out a number of banking services. An update on Google Cloud's status dashboard states that it's seeing service issues at its europe-west2 region, which covers the London area. A handful of banking apps and services, including Halifax and Revolut, reported issues on Tuesday that coincided with Google Cloud's disruptions. Some companies said that the Google Cloud outage was the cause, while others attributed it to an unnamed third-party provider. "We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting multiple services. We can confirm that all our customers' money and data are safe.
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