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Google cloud outage takes down banks

MonitoringAI & TechOtherFirst tracked 2026-10-20Last changed 2026-10-20

Current outcome

The Google Cloud europe-west2 power event has been mitigated, but disruption and recovery for HSBC, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland, Revolut and related crypto trading services are ongoing.

Progress timeline

2 material updates
  1. #01
    Initial2026-10-20 10:26 · publication time

    Google cloud outage takes down banks

    A Google Cloud europe-west2 power event caused an outage that disrupted online banking and card services for HSBC, Revolut, Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Equifax and others.

    Source evidence: paweladamczuk

  2. #02
    Remediation2026-10-20 11:38 · publication time

    Google Cloud outage takes down Revolut, Lloyds, and HSBC

    Google said the power event behind the disruption had been mitigated and suggested affected users migrate workloads to another available zone or region; reports added that Revolut's crypto trading, payments, ATM withdrawals and other services were down, while Google Cloud's status page cited elevated errors and intermittent network failures in europe-west2.

    State after update: The Google Cloud europe-west2 power event has been mitigated, but disruption and recovery for HSBC, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland, Revolut and related crypto trading services are ongoing.

    Source evidence: Protos

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