Mastercard suffers worldwide outage affecting card and Apple Pay transactions
Mastercard experienced a worldwide outage on August 14, 2026, causing shoppers to be declined at checkout and preventing users from sending money via Apple Pay or using debit cards. Multiple independent users reported the outage across different regions.
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@tdkimber
literally world wide outage for @Mastercard - can’t send money via Apple Pay or use my debit card. @UseArtisan can’t come fast enough https://t.co/yd07nVsKSK
@discostumc
Mastercard went down this afternoon. Shoppers got declined at the checkout. One network fails and you’re stuck. Oops! @Mastercard https://t.co/H9nkqQjggT
@KobieThatcher
A Mastercard outage this afternoon resulted in shoppers being declined at the checkout. This is just one of the reasons why we should never become a cashless society. Technology sometimes fails, cash does not.