Countingup incident
Provider outage - Post office cash deposits & card payment issues
Countingup experienced a minor incident on April 27, 2026 affecting 💳 Card payments and 💰 Cash deposits, lasting 8d. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Apr 27, 2026, 02:45 PM UTC
One of our providers is experiencing technical difficulties, which is affecting: - Card transactions We are working with our provider to resolve this as soon as possible and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
- monitoring Apr 27, 2026, 04:51 PM UTC
Card payments are now operating normally. We will continue to monitor the situation with our provider, and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
- monitoring Apr 27, 2026, 04:59 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- monitoring Apr 28, 2026, 07:59 AM UTC
Services have been restored. Please be aware that some customers may experience occasional interruptions while the systems fully stabilise. We are continuing to monitor the situation closely, and we will share updates if anything changes.
- identified Apr 28, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC
We have been informed by our banking provider that, for a period of time, customers will be unable to make cash deposits at the Post Office. Our provider is working to resolve this as soon as possible. We are continuing to monitor the situation with card payments, but card payment functionality is fully restored.
- monitoring Apr 29, 2026, 08:05 AM UTC
Cash deposit services at the Post Office have been restored. We are continuing to monitor all of our systems and services closely. We will share further updates if anything changes.
- monitoring May 02, 2026, 08:33 AM UTC
Services are back online, though you may still see some brief interruptions as systems stabilise. Our provider is currently processing the data files that were delayed during the outage. This is primarily affecting balance updates for a small number of customers. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our Support team via the app.
- resolved May 05, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC
Our provider has resolved the issues affecting card transactions and cash deposits.