Apple Pay down — live updates on the ongoing outage
- On May 16, 2025, Apple Pay faced a worldwide disruption starting at approximately 8:14 PM IST and resolving by 10:31 PM IST, which impacted transaction capabilities across the globe.
- The disruption occurred due to a problem with third-party payment provider Fiserv, as reports showed increasing user complaints during this period.
- Users in major U.S. Cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles reported payment failures, while smaller outages appeared in the UK and parts of Europe.
- DownDetector recorded over 2,000 reports from U.S. Users, many of whom encountered an error message indicating they were unable to accept payments through Apple Cash at that time.
- Apple resolved the issues by 10:31 PM IST, but the outage highlighted vulnerabilities in cashless payment reliance for Apple Pay's over 745 million global users.
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