Google Cloud Europe-West2 Outage Disrupts Revolut and UK Banking Services
A power event at a Google Cloud data center in the Europe-west2 region caused widespread outages for major financial institutions, including Revolut, HSBC, and Lloyds, on October 20, 2026. While Google resolved the core infrastructure issue by midday, lingering errors persisted for some banking customers into the afternoon. The incident highlighted the critical dependency of global financial systems on centralized cloud infrastructure, causing significant frustration for users unable to access funds or make transactions.