Card payments outage hits pubs and shops during England match

"Payment Chaos Hits British Shoppers: World Cup Fans Left High and Dry as Outage Disrupts Card Transactions. In a major disruption to the country's payment systems, a power outage at WorldPay, one of the world's largest payment processing platforms, has left shoppers struggling to make card transactions at popular stores such as Tesco and pubs. The outage, which occurred on a busy day for football fans watching the World Cup group game between England and Ghana, has caused widespread problems for customers trying to use contactless payments. As a result, many have been forced to resort to using cash to make purchases, adding to the inconvenience for those already eager to catch the match."

Customers report having to use cash at stores such as Tesco and to buy drinks due to outage at payments processor WorldPayShoppers reported problems with making card payments at British pubs and supermarkets on Tuesday after a power outage affected one of the world’s largest payment processing platforms.Customers said contactless payments were not working at a number of stores including Tesco branches at a time when football fans were watching the World Cup group game between England and Ghana at pubs, screenings and restaurants. Continue reading...