Widespread Disruption as Google Cloud Outage Affects UK Banks and Services

10/20/2026

Halifax and Revolut among a string of businesses affected by disruption

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Google Cloud confirms outage which is affecing almost all banking and other operations in Europe. The company has shared some early details.

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The banking platform's service problems stemmed from the disruption at Google Cloud.

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The Google Cloud status page now says that "a power event caused an outage" in its europe-west2 region, which is based in London.We still don't know for sure that it was the cause of today's...

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A disruption to Google Cloud’s London region has affected services at Revolut, Lloyds Bank, HSBC and several UK retailers and delivery companies, with Google advising customers to shift workloads...

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A power event at Google’s London data centre disrupted banks, delivery firms, apps and court video hearings in the UK on Tuesday. Google says services are recovering for most workloads.

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Fells London zone, taking banks, parcel firm and property sites with it – and recovery is 'tentatively' due by 1300 UTC

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Lloyds, HSBC, Royal Mail, Revolut all hit as europe-west2-b falls over. No recovery time in sight, 'no workarounds for now'

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Number of banks report issues

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Google Cloud is experiencing service disruptions in London, along with multiple banking apps including Revolut.

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Separately, UK-based financial technology firm Revolut said it was experiencing a service disruption affecting its multiple services. It was not immediately clear if Revolut's outage was related...

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Google reported that "multiple" Cloud services have been experiencing issues on Tuesday morning, with some banking customers struggling to use their services."We are experiencing an issue with...

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'We can confirm that all our customers’ money and data are safe,' Revolut said in a statement.

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Revolut has reassured customers who can’t access card payments, transfers and ATM withdrawals that their money and data are safe after a Google Cloud outage knocked out those services on Tuesday. ...

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Widespread outage highlights growing concern over the web’s dependence on a small number of companies

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Regulators will raising their eyebrows at Revolut's operational resilience amid persistence concentration risk fears

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Revolut customers faced significant issues accessing their funds as the app experienced outages, impacting card payments, cash withdrawals, and transfers.

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A significant Google Cloud outage has disrupted numerous websites and apps, impacting services like Lloyds Bank, Rightmove, and DPD, as reported by Down Detector.

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Technical problem is the latest example of invisible internet infrastructure taking down seemingly unconnected websites and apps

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A MAJOR internet outage has taken down a range of websites and apps. Screwfix, Rightmove, DPD, Lloyds Bank and HSBC have all been affected by the issue, according to Down Detector. Over 400...

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The end may very well be in sight - Google Cloud's latest update notes that things may be completely fixed within the hour."Full recovery of existing workloads should be completed, tentatively by...

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If you're in the EU or UK, the internet may not be working right this morning. Across the board, Google services including DNS, cloud, and ad serving are struggling. The US is not...

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The disruptions began around 7 a.m. in London after what the tech giant called a "power event."