Revolut suffered a service disruption affecting crypto access, card payments and bank transfers after a Google Cloud incident in its London infrastructure, which began at 06:08 UTC. Revolut marked 27 services as partially unavailable or affected and said customers' money and data remained safe. By 17:00 UTC some functions had returned, though Reuters reported that most services on Revolut's UK status page still showed problems; the company later said the disrupted services had been restored. The article found no verified evidence of stolen cryptocurrency or lost balances, and it has not been independently established whether crypto customers missed trading opportunities. According to Reuters, UK authorities designated Google Cloud EMEA Limited as a critical third-party supplier to the financial sector in July 2026.
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Interactive Media & Services |
| Market cap | $4.3T |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 340.28 |
| Change that session | -1.13% |
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