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Another Mastercard outage hits Australian payments as cards decline

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19 Aug, 2026
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Warwick Ponder
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19 Aug, 2026
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Mastercard suffered another Australia-wide payments outage on Saturday, rendering cards held by millions of Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Macquarie, Revolut, Bendigo and Bankwest customers useless, as card transactions declined across banks, merchants and mobile wallets.
Another Mastercard outage hits Australian payments as cards decline
Mastercard Australasia Division President, Paul Monnington.

Mastercard suffered another Australia-wide payments outage on Saturday, rendering cards held by millions of Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Macquarie, Revolut, Bendigo and Bankwest customers useless, as card transactions declined across banks, merchants and mobile wallets.

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