Mercado Pago incident
ARGENTINA - Contingencies American Express
Mercado Pago experienced a major incident on April 23, 2026 affecting Payment Processing, lasting 19m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Payment Processing
Update timeline
- identified Apr 23, 2026, 06:21 AM UTC
The following payment methods are experiencing trouble in payment processing: American Express (Argentina). The payments are being received correctly and will be processed when the payment method is live again. Payments processed through binary mode will be rejected automatically.
- resolved Apr 23, 2026, 06:40 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.