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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Nadeem Badshah and Sarah Butler

Card payments outage hits pubs and shops during England match

Handheld card reader with hand presenting bank card next to it.
Some card readers stopped working during the outage. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Shoppers reported problems with making card payments at British pubs and supermarkets on Tuesday after a power outage affected one of the world’s largest payment processing platforms.

Customers said contactless payments were not working at a number of stores including Tesco branches at a time when football fans were watching the World Cup group game between England and Ghana at pubs, screenings and restaurants.

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