{"id":108481,"date":"2025-05-17T07:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T07:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/108481\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T07:50:10","slug":"global-outage-causes-payment-chaos-for-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/108481\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Outage Causes Payment Chaos For Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Reads<\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed.\n                                <\/p>\n<p>Apple Pay experienced a global outage on May 16, 2025, affecting users.<\/p>\n<p>The disruption began around 8:14 PM IST and lasted until 10:31 PM IST.<\/p>\n<p>Services impacted included Apple Wallet, Apple Card, and Apple Cash.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Pay experienced a significant global outage on Friday, May 16, 2025, leaving users unable to make purchases or access funds. The disruption began at approximately 8:14 PM IST and affected related services, including Apple Wallet, Apple Card, and Apple Cash. Apple&#8217;s System Status page indicated that the issues were resolved by 10:31 PM IST.<\/p>\n<p>With over 745 million users worldwide, including more than 60 million in the US, Apple Pay is a cornerstone of the company&#8217;s digital ecosystem. While Apple did not specify the number of users impacted, it acknowledged that &#8220;some users may have experienced an issue with this service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Outage-tracking site DownDetector recorded over <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.in\/status\/apple-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,000 user reports in the US<\/a>, with complaints focusing on payment failures and difficulties transferring funds. Frustrated users took to social media platforms to express their concerns and seek information.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/apple-pay\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DownDetector&#8217;s outage map<\/a> showed widespread Apple Pay issues in major US cities, including New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, as well as smaller-scale outages in the UK and parts of Europe, affecting users&#8217; ability to make transactions and access funds. Widespread disruptions were reported across America.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Apple Pay users reported issues on DownDetector and social media, with many receiving an error message stating, &#8220;Cannot receive payments sent with Apple Cash at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the problem with handing everything over to the technocracy. Apps and services run on #ApplePay, and when it goes down&#8230; transactions completely stop,&#8221; commented a user.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Apple&#8217;s Response? Do you think Apple should be more transparent about outages like this? How quickly should they acknowledge and fix the issue&#8221;? wrote another user.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Apple Pay being down is the ultimate example of why a cashless society is dystopian. Cash must live on so we are free&#8217;. wrote a third user on X (formerly known as Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick Reads Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. 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