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Mastercard took down payments across Australia with a scheduled update

Mastercard transactions were declined across Australia on Saturday afternoon after what the company describes as a scheduled system update, with more than 1,900 outage reports logged by mid-afternoon. Mastercard says the problem is resolved and all systems are working normally.

Mastercard payments stopped working across Australia on Saturday afternoon. “A scheduled system update caused Mastercard transactions to be declined for a period of time earlier today,” the company said, adding that the situation is resolved and all systems are working normally.

The wording is the interesting part. This was not an attack or a creaking legacy system giving way, but a planned change that declined cards across a continent.

Commonwealth Bank told customers payments were failing. Downdetector logged more than 1,900 reports by 3.27pm in Sydney, with transfers and mobile banking the most common complaints.

It landed at the worst hour of the week. “Today, cash is...

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