Affected components
In-store paymentsIn-store payments
Update timeline
- identified Apr 23, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC
An issue with Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions has been identified. Team are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
- resolved Apr 23, 2026, 01:05 PM UTC
This problem affecting POS transactions has been resolved with full functionality restored to the service on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms.
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