Card payments outage hits pubs and shops during England match
Summary
A power outage disrupted card payments at many pubs and stores in the UK during an England World Cup match. The outage affected Worldpay, a major payment processing company, causing long lines at cash machines and forcing some venues to accept cash only. Worldpay and affected businesses worked to fix the problem as quickly as possible.Key Facts
- A power outage caused problems for Worldpay, one of the largest payment processors.
- The outage happened during England’s World Cup group game against Ghana.
- Contactless and card payments failed at shops including Tesco and many pubs.
- Videos showed long lines at cash machines because cards were not working.
- Some pubs and entertainment places only took cash due to the issue.
- Worldpay said the problem was a third-party power disruption and was being fixed.
- Tesco confirmed the payment problem and said it affected both stores and online.
- The issue was later resolved, and Tesco apologized for the inconvenience.
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