Revolut services hit by technical outage in Ireland and abroad

Digital bank Revolut has suffered a service outage affecting users in Ireland and abroad on October 20 2026. According to reports from the Irish Examiner, the Irish Times, and Goosed.ie, the disruption has impacted multiple services across the platform. The Irish Times reported that users started experiencing issues early in the morning, with DownDetector noting a sharp rise in incident reports between 7:00 and 8:00 morning. [1][2][3][4]

Customers encountered errors within the app, failed card payments, and blocked money transfers, according to Goosed.ie. The Irish Examiner reported that Revolut serves approximately 3.4 million customers within Ireland. The cause of the technical disruption remains unclear, according to the Irish Times. [1][2][3][4]

Revolut confirmed the disruption and stated that its engineering team was working to restore full service as quickly as possible, as reported by the Irish Examiner and the Irish Times. The company reassured customers that all user funds and personal data remain completely safe despite the ongoing technical problems. [1][2][4]

Revolut was founded in July 2015 by Nikolay Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko in London, United Kingdom. The company originally launched as a mobile application providing multi-currency wallets and real-time currency conversions. [7]