Google Cloud London outage hits Revolut and European banks
A power-related disruption at Google Cloud's London data center knocked out services for digital banking platform Revolut and multiple UK lenders before recovery efforts brought systems back online.
A widespread Google Cloud outage in its London-based europe-west2 region triggered disruptions across banking, delivery, and online platforms on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The incident began around 06:08 GMT following a power event that caused elevated errors and intermittent network failures across dozens of cloud products.[2][5][9]
Fintech giant Revolut was heavily impacted, with around 30 services facing outages, including card payments, transfers, account sign-ins, and crypto and stock trading. The disruptions affected millions of customers across the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, and Singapore, leaving users temporarily unable to access accounts or pay with cards. Outage submission platform Down Detector also registered disruption reports for traditional UK institutions, including Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Bank of Scotland, and Halifax.[1][2][3][4][10]
Revolut confirmed the service disruption stemmed from an infrastructure issue and reassured customers that all funds and personal data remained safe. Google Cloud stated that the underlying power issue was mitigated and advised affected customers that workloads could be migrated to other regions. By 12:10 GMT, roughly six hours after the disruption began, Google Cloud services had largely returned to normal operation.[2][6][7][8][9][11]
Key facts
- Google Cloud experienced an outage in its London-based europe-west2 region caused by a power event that began at 06:08 GMT.
- Revolut suffered partial outages across roughly 30 services, disrupting card payments, transfers, ATM withdrawals, and crypto and stock trading.
- The outage affected Revolut users across the UK, Ireland, France, and Spain, as well as some services in Singapore.
- Revolut confirmed that all customer funds and data remained safe throughout the disruption.
- Outages were also reported by customers of traditional UK banks including Lloyds, HSBC, Bank of Scotland, and Halifax.
- Google Cloud reported that most services had returned to normal by 12:10 GMT, around six hours after the incident started.
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The Straits Times@straits_timesPost on X ·
Google Cloud services face outage in London; some Revolut services in S’pore affected https://t.co/sncTOlXr0Y
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Google Cloud outage takes down Revolut, Lloyds, and HSBC Revolut, Lloyds, HSBC, and Bank of Scotland are all experiencing outages following a disruption in Google Cloud’s London-based data center. Google Cloud’s status page notes the issue is in the europe-west2 region, and that engineering teams are working to fix the problem, causing “elevated errors and intermittent network failures” Revolut users began complaining about payments not going through before the UK bank confirmed the issues which, according to one Reuters source, are related to the Google Cloud disruption. Some of the banks and businesses affected by the outage. Source: Down Detector Read more: Revolut reveals customer data breached twice this month Reports of outages across Lloyds, HSBC and Bank of Scotland are also appearing on outage submission site Down Detector. Revolut’s status page shows the extent of the damage, revealing that ATM withdrawals, identity verification, card payments, transfers, signing in, chat support, stocks and crypto trading are all down, along with a host of other services. Google says power event caused outage Google says a power event caused the disruption, and that the event itself is now mitigated. It apologised for the disruption. It suggested that impacted users could try to “migrate their workload impacted to another available location (zone or region).” Another outage last September affected various AI companies, but this was attributed to various internal infrastructure issues. In April 2025, an Amazon-related cloud outage also caused major crypto exchanges to pause their withdrawals and report disruptions. Got a tip? Send us an email securely via Protos Leaks . For more informed news and investigations, follow us on X , Bluesky , and Google News , or subscribe to our YouTube channel. The post Google Cloud outage takes down Revolut, Lloyds, and HSBC appeared first on Protos .
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CoinDesk@CoinDeskPost on X ·
JUST IN: @Revolut suffers a major Europe-wide outage with 30 services including card payments, crypto, transfers and stock trading partially unavailable, affecting millions of customers across the UK, Ireland, France and Spain. https://t.co/BnVnFu3WWK
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TNW@thenextwebPost on X ·
Just in: Over 2,000 Revolut users report the app is down. Its own status page showed every service as operational. https://t.co/ohNOCZlKhE https://t.co/UzIpHc4m85
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Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfalPost on X ·
🚨🇬🇧🇪🇺 A major Google Cloud outage is disrupting banking, payments, deliveries, and dozens of online services across Britain and parts of Europe. Google reported elevated errors and intermittent network failures in its London-based cloud region, affecting more than 35 products. Revolut customers have experienced severe problems accessing their accounts, including card payments and transferring money, though the company says customer funds and data remain safe. HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Royal Mail, DPD, Rightmove, and Screwfix are among the other companies reporting service disruptions. Google's engineers are investigating the problem, with no immediate workaround or confirmed timeline for full recovery. Writer: Mhedi https://t.co/yFSdJM6FV2
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ㆅ@howfxrPost on X ·
Google Cloud has restored services in the UK after an hours-long outage caused by a power event in its London-based europe-west2 region. The disruption affected digital banks, public-sector websites and other online services. https://t.co/a8qMGlapNA
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BSCN@BSCNewsPost on X ·
Revolut is currently down... According to @Revolut, an ongoing infrastructure outage is preventing payments, balance updates, and digital asset transactions. The UK-based digital banking platform issued an official statement confirming that customer funds and personal data are fully protected as it works to fix the server problem discovered this morning.
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DEGEN NEWS@DegenerateNewsPost on X ·
NEW: @Revolut SAYS “WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A SERVICE DISRUPTION AFFECTING MULTIPLE SERVICES” “WE CAN CONFIRM THAT ALL OUR CUSTOMERS’ MONEY AND DATA ARE SAFE” https://t.co/uQBDeKSEOD
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Mint@livemintPost on X ·
Google said the incident began at 0608 GMT and was caused by a power-related event at its cloud infrastructure. By 1210 GMT, most services had returned to normal, around six hours after the disruption began. https://t.co/CJ6SN2aktA
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Financial Times@FTPost on X ·
Halifax and Revolut were among a string of UK businesses hit by a disruption to Google Cloud on Tuesday. https://t.co/YyoTHQGoHC https://t.co/cOIMSUl4vY
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Reuters@ReutersPost on X ·
Google Cloud services largely back up in UK https://t.co/c6KXERdoPD https://t.co/c6KXERdoPD
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