Visa has stated that some card payments are failing across Europe and customers have said that payments are being denied.

The full extent of the issue is no yet clear, but Visa is investigating the cause of the problems.

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Visa Europe said in a statement: “Visa is currently experiencing a service disruption. This incident is preventing some Visa transactions in Europe from being processed. We are investigating the cause and working as quickly as possible to resolve the situation.”

Other card payment facilitators, such as banks, have also been impacted.

Lloyds Bank released a statement saying: “We are aware of an industry wide issue effecting Visa payments which is under investigation. ATM and Mastercard transactions are not impacted. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.”

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