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Falha na nuvem da Google deixou clientes da Revolut sem pagamentos nem transferências

Um “power event” travou audiências nos tribunais e deixou clientes da Revolut, do Lloyds e do HSBC sem poder pagar ou mover dinheiro. Serviços restabelecidos para a maioria dos utilizadores. Uma falha nos serviços de nuvem da Google no Reino Unido causou uma perturbação generalizada, atingiu tribunais e deixou milhões de clientes sem acesso ao dinheiro e sem o poder enviar em bancos como o Lloyds, o HSBC e a Revolut. A Google atribuiu a um “power event” a falha nas suas operações de computação em nuvem sediadas em Londres, na terça-feira, que afetou a “zona europe-west2-b“. Segundo a tecnológica

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Falha na Google Cloud deixa clientes da Revolut sem acesso às contas e impede pagamentos

Uma falha informática que afeta os serviços da Google Cloud está a provocar perturbações na Revolut, impedindo clientes de vários países, incluindo Portugal, de acederem às contas, efetuarem pagamentos com cartões e realizarem outras operações bancárias.

A interrupção foi identificada na manhã desta terça-feira e está a afetar vários serviços da instituição financeira digital, com utilizadores a relatarem dificuldades em iniciar sessão na aplicação, consultar saldos, transferir dinheiro e levantar numerário em caixas automáticas.

A Revolut confirmou a ocorrência e garantiu que os fundos e os dados dos clientes estão seguros. “Estamos atualmente a enfrentar uma interrupção de serviço que afeta múltiplos serviços. Podemos confirmar que todo o dinheiro e dados dos nossos clientes estão seguros”, afirmou a empresa, que pediu desculpa pelos constrangimentos e indicou estar a trabalhar para restabelecer a normalidade.

Segundo a agência Reuters, uma pessoa familiarizada com o assunto confirmou que a falha da Revolut está relacionada com a interrupção dos serviços da Google Cloud na região de Londres. A tecnológica identificou erros e falhas intermitentes de rede na região europe-west2, que aloja o centro de dados londrino.

A avaria está também a afetar outros serviços e instituições financeiras. No Reino Unido, foram reportados problemas em plataformas bancárias do Lloyds Banking Group e dificuldades nos serviços de outras empresas, incluindo a Royal Mail e a transportadora DPD. Na Alemanha, o ING comunicou problemas de acesso à banca digital.

A dimensão exata do impacto na base de clientes da Revolut não foi divulgada. A empresa, que opera em vários mercados internacionais, não apresentou inicialmente um prazo para a recuperação integral dos serviços.

O incidente volta a colocar em evidência a dependência das instituições financeiras de fornecedores externos de infraestrutura tecnológica, nomeadamente serviços de computação em nuvem, cuja indisponibilidade pode afetar simultaneamente aplicações bancárias e outros serviços digitais.

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Google says 'most' customers should be back online after cloud outage hit UK finance apps

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian
Google's cloud division competes with Amazon and Microsoft for enterprise customers.

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  • Multiple banking apps in the UK, including Revolut, faced disruptions on Tuesday morning.
  • Google Cloud experienced issues with its London-based cloud region and has since said services are coming back.
  • Revolut said in a statement that customers' money was safe while it investigated the disruption.

Google said it had largely resolved a cloud outage that appeared to knock out a number of online banking services.

The company said in an update at around 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday that the problem had been mitigated for the most part, with "a very small number" of customers still experiencing issues.

Google had said the outage had been caused by a "power event" at its europe-west2-b zone, which is based in London.

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.

Users of some affected banking apps said in social media posts early Tuesday that they couldn't make card payments, log in to the app, or transfer money.

"We can confirm that all our customers' money and data are safe. We've been working to fix the issue since it was identified this morning and apologize to anyone affected and for any inconvenience caused," Revolut said in a statement earlier in the day. The outage was due to Google Cloud, a person familiar with the matter said.

"We're aware some customers are having issues with our app and online. We're sorry about this and are working hard to fix it," Halifax posted on X.

Emma, a popular UK budgeting app, also reported outages on Tuesday. "Emma is currently down due to a Google Cloud outage affecting services in London since 7 a.m. This is a technical outage, not a security issue," the company said on X.

Some took to X to share how the outage was disrupting their lives. One person said they'd had to cancel their beauty appointments in Japan, and another said their card was declined at the airport and they couldn't reach the support team.

Emma is currently down due to a Google Cloud outage affecting services in London since 7am. This is a technical outage, not a security issue. We're monitoring closely and will update here as soon as the app is back. Sorry for the disruption 🙏

— Emma (@emma_finance) October 20, 2026

The outage appears to have affected non-finance companies, too, according to Downdetector, a site that tracks online service disruptions.

Earlier on Tuesday, an X account for DPD, a delivery service, said in a post that its website was affected, and the web-hosting platform SiteGround said the outage has hit its UK data center. SiteGround said in its post that its engineers were working with Google Cloud engineers to address the issue.

The UK's courts and tribunal service said that it was experiencing issues with its cloud-based video tools for remote hearings on Tuesday. "We're working with our technology partners to restore service," an account for the government service wrote in an X post.

The Google Cloud outage comes as the tech giant has competed with Amazon and Microsoft to win business from enterprises, startups, and governments, particularly amid the AI boom. Reliability is a big promise built into these deals, as outages can have costly consequences for customers.

Google is not alone in being affected by outages, though: Amazon, Microsoft, and others have suffered downtime this year.

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Revolut in down: un guasto a Google Cloud manda in tilt pagamenti e prelievi

Pagare con la carta e ritirare denaro agli sportelli, per gli utenti Revolut, martedì 20 ottobre non è stato possibile. I servizi in rete della banca non sono operativi e fin dal mattino si sono registrati problemi di autenticazione sulla app e sul sito online. All’origine dei problemi ci sono interruzioni di servizi di Google Cloud nella regione di Londra. “Stiamo attualmente riscontrando un’interruzione che interessa diversi servizi. Possiamo confermare che il denaro e i dati di tutti i nostri clienti sono al sicuro. Ci scusiamo con tutti coloro che ne sono stati colpiti per gli eventuali disagi causati”, ha comunicato Revolut sul proprio account X.

Il problema a Google Cloud ha interessato il data center Europe-west2 di Londra: il colosso di Mountain View parla di “elevati tassi di errore” e “interruzioni intermittenti della rete”, spiegando che gli ingegneri sono al lavoro per risolvere il guasto, di cui al momento non si conoscono le cause. Oltre a quelli Revolut, il problema ha mandato in tilt i servizi online di altre aziende: il sito Downdetector riporta centinaia di segnalazioni di disservizi rispetto alle banche britanniche Lloyds e Hsbc, al sito immobiliare Rightmove, alle poste Royal Mail, al gruppo telefonico Bt al corriere Dpd.

L'articolo Revolut in down: un guasto a Google Cloud manda in tilt pagamenti e prelievi proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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Revolut restablece sus servicios tras la caída de Google Cloud que ha impedido a los clientes acceder a sus cuentas

Revolut ha restablecido todos sus servicios después de sufrir una caída que ha impedido operar con normalidad a sus clientes durante la mayor parte de este martes. La incidencia, provocada por una caída de los sistemas de Google Cloud, ha afectado a los pagos con tarjeta, las transferencias, las retiradas de efectivo y el acceso a las cuentas o a la operativa en Bolsa, entre otros.

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Oficinas de Revolut en Londres.
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Millions unable to use Revolut app or cards as company suffers ‘service disruption’

UK banking company insists customers’ funds and data are safe despite problems with sign-in, card payments, transfers and withdrawals

Revolut customers have been unable to access their money after the banking app went down, affecting a number of services including card payments, cash withdrawals and transfers.

The UK banking company said its app was down because of a “service disruption” affecting several services, but insisted that customers’ funds and data were safe.

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© Photograph: Mateusz Słodkowski/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

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Nik Storonsky, the visionary who came from Russia to revolutionize the financial industry with Revolut: ‘At legacy banks, it’s almost impossible to get something new off the ground’

Number 116 on Rue Réaumur in Paris sits at the crossroads of the two worlds that define Revolut. On one side lies the historic financial district centered around the stock exchange; on the other, the Sentier neighborhood, home to much of the French capital’s technology ecosystem. It is at this intersection of finance and technology that the bank is preparing its new headquarters for Western Europe.

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Nik Storonsky, during the interview with EL PAÍS at Revolut’s new Paris headquarters, provided by the company.
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