- McDonald’s, Ikea, Popaiz and other customers say they can’t pay using their credit cards.
- Payment processor Fischer said its services were disrupted on Friday.
- Earlier in the day, Chick-File-AA experienced an outage and offered a free meal.
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U.S. businesses only accept cash because their credit-card payment systems are closed.
“A widespread Internet service provider outage has affected many businesses today,” Fitzroy, one of the leading payment providers in the US, told Insider. A spokesman for the company, N Cave, added in an email: “Some Fishery services relying on Internet connectivity were disrupted. The majority have been restored and we are fully focused on restoring the rest.” Fisherway declined to name its Internet service provider.
Customers reported the outage on Twitter IKEA, Forever 21, McDonald’s and Popeye’s, as well as local places like car wash and New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Business representatives were not immediately available for comment on Friday.
The Chick-File-An payment machines were not working at the beginning of the day, which is why it offers free meals. Miami International Airport Put out a statement Informing customers about county outages from credit-card machines in taxis.
Customers called Fisher on Twitter. The Texas State Board of Public Accountants tweeted that our credit card payment processing system is not currently operational. “The outage happened with First Data / Fisherway, one of the largest payment processing systems in the country.”
In 2019, Fitzroy acquired a second payment firm called First Data in a 22 billion deal. The acquisition reflects the trend of consolidation in the payment-processing industry as the world moves from cash to credit cards.
Other major payment providers, WorldPay and Global Payments, did not immediately respond to Insider’s request to comment on the outage.
Down detectors, which track outages, are reported to have increased problems for people with Visa or MasterCard credit cards.
“As far as MasterCard is concerned, we are operating normally today,” MasterCard spokesperson Seth Eisen told Insider.
A Visa spokesperson told Insider that “Visa is aware of service breaches with third-party providers used by some merchants, which is causing Internet issues which could affect many small cardholders today,” a Visa spokesperson told Insider. Was. “Visa systems were not affected.”
