Square experienced a minor incident on July 16, 2026 affecting Payment Acceptance, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 15, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC
Status: Investigating 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. Affected components Payment Acceptance (Degraded performance)
- identified Jul 16, 2026, 01:06 AM UTC
Status: Identified 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. Affected components Payment Acceptance (Degraded performance)
- resolved Jul 16, 2026, 02:55 AM UTC
Status: Resolved 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. Affected components Payment Acceptance (Operational)