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Google Cloud Outage Disrupts UK Banking
Google Cloud's London outage knocks out Revolut and Halifax banking apps.
In brief
Google Cloud's London outage knocks out Revolut and Halifax banking apps. Google Cloud's London region outage disrupted Revolut, Halifax, and other UK banking services, with services recovering by 1300 UTC on Tuesday. Originally reported by BigGo Finance.
Google Cloud London Outage
Google Cloud's europe-west2 region in London suffered a service failure starting at 0608 UTC on Tuesday.
Impact on Banking Services
Revolut reported card payments, atm withdrawals, transfers and crypto features unavailable or partly available.
Other Financial Institutions Affected
ING Germany and Lloyds' Halifax cited login and app problems due to the outage.
Downdetector Reports
Downdetector showed reports tied to Lloyds, HSBC, Rightmove, DPD, NHS England and Royal Mail.
Court Disruptions
Court video hearings across England and Wales were disrupted by the outage.
Google's Response
Google attributed the failure to a power event in the europe-west2-b zone.
Recovery Timeline
Services were recovering by Tuesday afternoon with full restoration targeted for 1300 UTC.
Alphabet's Quarterly Report
Google Cloud's cloud revenue climbed 82% to $24.77 billion in Q2 2026.
Regulatory Oversight
UK regulators pressed Google for details in the first test of new oversight of critical cloud suppliers.
Asian Customers Affected
Google Cloud's design impacts asian customers through Tokyo, Osaka and Taiwan regions.
The key point
Google Cloud's London region outage disrupted Revolut, Halifax, and other UK banking services, with services recovering by 1300 UTC on Tuesday.
