Revolut service outage highlights digital payment risks following Irish disruption

The Irish Examiner reported that a service disruption earlier this week at digital bank Revolut has raised questions about payment reliability and duplicate charges. Revolut has 3.4 million users in Ireland, where digital banking has become widespread throughout daily life. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, Revolut experienced a major technical outage on October 20 2026 that affected customers in Ireland and abroad. The disruption led to app errors, failed card payments, and blocked transfers. Revolut stated that customer money and data remained secure during the incident. [5]

FTMQ News also previously reported that a power failure at a Google Cloud data centre in London caused the network disruptions affecting Revolut, HSBC, and Lloyds Bank. The failure occurred in Google Cloud's europe-west2 region in London on Tuesday. [4]

Revolut was founded in July 2015 in London by Nikolay Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko to provide mobile app banking with real-time currency conversions. Central Bank of Ireland figures cited by the Irish Examiner show that total consumer card spending reached 9.72 billion euros in August 2026, marking a 2.39 percent increase compared to August 2025. [1][3]