Revolut outage disrupts online banking operations worldwide

Fintech company Revolut spent October 20, 2026 working through a massive outage that disrupted most of its services worldwide earlier that day. BleepingComputer's report, by Sergiu Gatlan and timestamped 05:46 AM, said thousands of users on the Downdetector outage tracking platform had reported trouble with the Revolut app, mobile banking services, and transferring funds between accounts. Revolut said the outage had affected its services since Tuesday morning and that customers' data and funds were safe.

Retail customers and Revolut's 800,000 business customers are the audience: people who bank, manage money, and invest in the app across 160+ countries and regions. Revolut serves more than 80 million customers. This report covers the 28 services marked partially unavailable, Reuters' account of a power event at Google Cloud's London-based europe-west2 data center, the 13:52 EDT restoration, last month's sharing of personally identifiable information, and the September 2022 breach of more than 50,000 customers.

Revolut outage disrupts online banking: what actually changed

Revolut's October 20 statement described an incident still underway. "We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting multiple services. We can confirm that all our customers' money and data are safe," the company said. Revolut had been working to fix the issue since it was identified that morning and apologised to anyone affected. At 05:46 AM the outage was still in that phase. Downdetector had thousands of reports on the Revolut app, mobile banking, and transfers since Tuesday morning, when most services worldwide were disrupted.

On its official status page, Revolut said the outage affects 28 services, including sign-ins, card payments, transfers, currency exchange, stock trading, and live support chat, flagged as partially unavailable. Sign-ins, card payments, transfers, currency exchange, stock trading, and live support chat were in that partial state together. The morning statement called this a disruption of most services worldwide. At 13:52 EDT on October 20, Revolut linked the outage to the Google Cloud incident and said all services had been restored.

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Reuters reported that the Revolut outage was linked to ongoing service disruptions at Google Cloud's London-based europe-west2 data center after a "power event." A Revolut spokesperson was not immediately available when BleepingComputer asked earlier about the root cause of today's outage. The morning statement said multiple services were disrupted and that all customers' money and data were safe. The status page showed 28 services flagged partially unavailable, and Downdetector collected thousands of reports on the app, mobile banking, and fund transfers.

Revolut confirmed the cloud link in its later update. "Due to a recent Google Cloud outage, customers may have experienced temporary service disruption on the Revolut app today," the company said. "The issue has now been fixed, and services are now restored. All our customers' money and data is safe, and has remained safe throughout this incident. We apologise for any inconvenience caused." Tuesday morning identification, 28 partially unavailable services, the Reuters power-event report, and this 13:52 EDT confirmation are the day's sequence.

Revolut outage disrupts online banking: why it matters now

Sign-ins, card payments, transfers, currency exchange, stock trading, and live support chat were among 28 services flagged partially unavailable. Those are banking, money management, and investment actions in the Revolut app. Partial failure on sign-in limits access. Partial failure on payments, transfers, exchange, and stock trading limits moving money. Live support chat was partially unavailable in the same window. Thousands of Downdetector reports named the app, mobile banking, and transfers. Revolut serves more than 80 million customers in 160+ countries and regions.

The October 20 article also records two earlier Revolut disclosures. Last month Revolut disclosed a data breach after sharing personally identifiable information from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency. Four years ago, in September 2022, threat actors stole the personal, contact, and financial information of more than 50,000 customers, and Revolut disclosed that breach. During this outage the company said customers' money and data were safe and, at 13:52 EDT, had remained safe throughout the Google Cloud incident.

Revolut outage disrupts online banking: who is affected

Thousands of users on Downdetector reported issues with the Revolut app, mobile banking services, and transferring funds between accounts once the incident began. Revolut said most of its services worldwide were disrupted from Tuesday morning. The status page listed 28 services as partially unavailable, including sign-ins, card payments, transfers, currency exchange, stock trading, and live support chat. People trying to sign in, pay by card, transfer funds, exchange currency, trade stocks, or open live support chat sat inside that flag.

Revolut provides banking, money management, and investment services to more than 80 million customers across 160+ countries and regions, including 800,000 business customers. Revolut counts 800,000 business customers among the people who use those banking, money management, and investment services. Before 13:52 EDT, Reuters linked the outage to a "power event" at Google Cloud's London-based europe-west2 data center. A Revolut spokesperson was not immediately available when BleepingComputer asked about the root cause. Revolut then said the issue had been fixed and services were restored.

Revolut outage disrupts online banking: what to watch

The latest status is the October 20 update at 13:52 EDT. Revolut linked the outage to the Google Cloud incident and said all services have been restored. The company said that, due to a recent Google Cloud outage, customers may have experienced temporary disruption on the Revolut app, that the issue is fixed, and that customers' money and data is safe and remained safe throughout. Revolut apologised for the inconvenience. Reuters had reported a power event at Google Cloud's London-based europe-west2 data center. Revolut's note names a Google Cloud outage as the cause.

The status page showed 28 services partially unavailable, including sign-ins, card payments, transfers, currency exchange, stock trading, and live support chat. Downdetector held thousands of reports on the Revolut app, mobile banking, and fund transfers from Tuesday morning. The 13:52 EDT note covers the Google Cloud outage, restored services, and money and data that stayed safe. Last month's breach shared personally identifiable information from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency. The September 2022 breach was the theft of personal, contact, and financial information from more than 50,000 customers.