Resolved after 3 hours 11 minutes, affecting Payment Acceptance, on July 15, 2026.
Payment acceptance has been restored to full functionality. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineering team continues to work with our payment parters to strengthen our systems against similar incidents. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.
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Update timeline
- investigating Jul 15, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC
Square's payment processing partner is experiencing a disruption with payment processing. As a result, sellers may see some Visa and Mastercard transactions declined at point of sale. Your ability to accept payments is our top priority and our Engineering team is working with our payments partner to resolve this issue. We appreciate your patience.
- identified Jul 16, 2026, 01:06 AM UTC
We're continuing to work with our payment processing partner to resolve a disruption with payment processing. Sellers may see some Visa, Mastercard and debit card transactions declined at point of sale. If possible, we recommend customers use a different payment method such as JBC, American Express and e-money. Your ability to accept payments is our top priority and our Engineering team is working with our payments partner to resolve this issue. We appreciate your patience.
- resolved Jul 16, 2026, 02:55 AM UTC
Payment acceptance has been restored to full functionality. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineering team continues to work with our payment parters to strengthen our systems against similar incidents. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.
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