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You may be having problems with your Visa card.
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIf you're about to use your Visa card to pay for something in Europe, you may want to use cash instead.
Visa announced Friday that it's experiencing a "service disruption" that is preventing transactions from going through. Right now, it seems like these problems are localized to the UK, Ireland and parts of Europe. Visa says it's aware of the problem and developing a fix, which might be working already. Major UK bank HSBC claims that service is slowly returning.
We are currently experiencing a service disruption which is preventing some Visa transactions in Europe from being processed. We are investigating the cause and working as quickly as possible to resolve the situation. We will keep you updated.
— VisaNewsEurope (@VisaNewsEurope) June 1, 2018
Hi David. We believe there may have recently been issues with Visa’s payments processing. From what we understand there are still intermittent issues but services are slowly recovering. ^KD
— HSBC UK (@HSBC_UK) June 1, 2018
Meanwhile, a handful of businesses and financial institutions are reporting problems processing Visa payments. So it may be a good idea to hold off on using your Visa card until the issue is solved completely.
We are aware some customers are experiencing Visa debit card issues. This is impacting multiple banks across Europe. We will update when we know more. Cash withdrawals can be made at any BOI ATM.
— Bank of Ireland (@talktoBOI) June 1, 2018
We are aware of an industry wide issue affecting Visa payments which is under investigation. ATM and Mastercard transactions are not impacted. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
— Bank of Scotland (@AskBankOfScot) June 1, 2018
There is currently a disruption of service in taking payments from VISA. It is affecting all shops/merchants across the UK and Ireland.
We can still accept MasterCard, American Express or good old cash! We'll keep you updated when it's fixed and apologise for any inconvenience.
— Wrapped! (@wrappedshop) June 1, 2018
We have been advised by our card processing partner Paymentsense that Visa card transactions throughout the UK & Ireland are experiencing disruption.
If you are trying to purchase tickets or gift vouchers on our website please bear with Visa until normal service has resumed. pic.twitter.com/0z7aqUuSug
— Cheshire Wine School (@wineschcheshire) June 1, 2018
We have been advised by our card processing partner that Visa card transactions throughout the UK are experiencing disruption. If you are trying to purchase tickets, please use an alternative payment method. We will keep you updated as the situation develops #visa.
— Paultons Theme Park (@paultonspark) June 1, 2018
Read more at ZDNet: Visa transactions hit by service outage
Update 10:00am PT: Added HSBC UK comment
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