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Tue, 20 Oct 2026

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 Google resolves cloud outage affecting UK banks and websites

Revolut was one of the hardest hit, with banking services going down for many customers.
Google Cloud Outage Affects UK Banks, Businesses and Courts
* Google Cloud says it has resolved disruption at its UK cloud site
* Disruption affected UK banks (Revolut, Lloyds Bank, HSBC), businesses, and courts
* Issue was due to a "power event" within one of the company's smaller data centre zones in London
* Thousands of reports of problems were raised by users online
* Revolut customers reported issues with accessing funds abroad and struggling to complete property purchases
* Lloyds Bank, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland customers also experienced issues with online banking services
* Google Cloud apologized for the disruption and thanked customers for their patience
* The company will publish an analysis of the incident on its service health dashboard