Form3 incident

INC483644 - Degradation to Form3 - SEPA Instant service

Resolved after 16 minutes, affecting Direct and Direct Non Settling, on September 30, 2026.

postmortem Sep 30, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

On Wednesday 30th September, Form3 experienced degradation to the Form3 - SEPA Instant service, with outbound payment processing impacted between 09:04 - 09:55 UTC. EBA clearing confirmed that the issue originated with an upstream participant. Following a period of monitoring, Form3 confirmed that payments are processing as expected.

Started
Sep 30, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 30, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC
Duration
16m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 30, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC

Affected components

DirectDirect Non Settling

Update timeline

  1. investigating Sep 30, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC

    Form3 are aware of performance degradation to the Form3 - SEPA Instant service. The scheme provider has confirmed that the issue originates with an upstream participant. We continue to work with the scheme provider and will provide a further update when available.

  2. resolved Sep 30, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC

    Following a period of monitoring, we can confirm that the service has returned to normal processing and no further degradation has been observed. Further details will be provided in the postmortem in due course.

  3. postmortem Sep 30, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

    On Wednesday 30th September, Form3 experienced degradation to the Form3 - SEPA Instant service, with outbound payment processing impacted between 09:04 - 09:55 UTC. EBA clearing confirmed that the issue originated with an upstream participant. Following a period of monitoring, Form3 confirmed that payments are processing as expected.

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