Payment chaos as Visa system crashes across Britain stopping card transactions from working 

  • Payments are failing across the continent as the card giant investigates problem
  • Extent of the disruption is unknown but people have been complaining online 
  • Barclays, Santander, HSBC, Natwest and Lloyds bank are trying to fix the issue 

Some Visa card payments are failing in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, the company confirmed.

Visa said this afternoon it is investigating what has caused the disruption across the continent. 

The extent of the disruption is currently unclear but customers have been complaining on Twitter about denied payments.

Visa said this afternoon it is investigating what has caused the disruption across the continent

‘We are investigating the cause and working as quickly as possible to resolve the situation,’ a Visa spokesperson told the BBC.

Banks Barclays, Santander, HSBC, Natwest and Lloyds Bank told customers they are working to resolve the outage as soon as possible on Twitter. 

High street banks have told customers that the problem is being resolved slowly. 

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