BLIK failure across Poland. There is a message
BLIK failure paralyzes payments throughout Poland. Users cannot generate codes or send transfers to their phones in the morning.
Users across the country are reporting problems with the BLIK mobile payment system – informs Money.pl. From the morning hours of November 1, it is impossible to generate codes or make transfers to the phone. According to the Downdetector website, the first reports appeared after 8:00 a.m. At the peak there were over 2,200 of them.
BLIK’s official position
– We are noticing temporary problems with BLIK functions. We are working to keep the service running smoothly. We will keep you informed about any changes in this regard – confirms Klaudia Rombalska from the BLIK press office in an interview with Money.pl.
The company’s announcement on the X platform reads in a similar tone. BLIK representatives assure that the priority is to restore full functionality of the system as soon as possible.
BLIK failure – reactions of users and banks
Problems with BLIK caused an avalanche of comments on social media.
– Codes have not been generated for at least 45 minutes, payment portals have disabled the service, and bank hotlines know nothing – reports one of the users.
Similar entries appear on the X platform:
– BLIK failure, at least in Bank Millennium. The BLIK or contactless BLIK code does not work – wrote one of the Internet users.
Alior Bank also confirmed that “there may be problems with BLIK payments. We apologize for the inconvenience. We encourage you to use other forms of payment.”
The importance of BLIK on the Polish market
BLIK is one of the most popular mobile payment standards in Poland, the development of which is the responsibility of Polski Standard Płatności.
The company’s shareholders are Alior Bank, Bank Millennium, Santander Bank Polska, ING Bank Śląski, mBank, PKO Bank Polski and Mastercard. Last year, 2.4 billion transactions were made using the system, worth over PLN 347.3 billion.
The system enables quick payments in stores, online and transfers to the phone, and its popularity means that any failure, even a short one, has a significant impact on the daily transactions of users across the country.
