Payment failure throughout Poland. Customers cannot pay with BLIK and card

Since this morning, there have been more and more reports of problems with cashless payments in Poland. Users report difficulties in using BLIK, Visa and Mastercard cards and mobile payments. Reports are coming from various parts of the country, and the scale of difficulties has been increasing rapidly since the morning hours.

The first reports on the Downdetector website appeared around 7. In the following hours, the number of failure signals increased, especially in the case of BLIK. Żabka customers also reported problems with shopping. The difficulties concerned not only payment terminals, but also some services related to non-cash transactions.

Payment systems failure. The operator issued a message

Polcard, one of the main payment terminal operators in Poland, commented on the matter. The company informed that it is experiencing temporary difficulties related to the operation of some terminals. At the same time, she said that intensive work was underway to fix the failure and apologized to customers for the inconvenience.

This confirms that the problem does not only affect individual users or specific stores. The failure affected part of the infrastructure used for everyday payments, which quickly resulted in difficulties with stationary shopping.

Failure of payment systems and BLIK. Which works smoothly

The BLIK press office also spoke. In response to questions, it was stated that some users may have encountered temporary difficulties when making payments in terminals. As explained, the problems resulted from technical disruptions on the part of one of the payment service providers.

At the same time, it was emphasized that not all functions were affected by the failure. According to the information provided, e-commerce payments, phone transfers and ATM withdrawals worked flawlessly. This means that the problem focused primarily on some transactions carried out at stationary points.

Failure of payment systems in Poland. The article has been updated

The situation was dynamic and the publication was constantly updated. The information provided showed that the difficulties included card payments, mobile devices and selected elements of online banking. For many customers, this meant real problems with everyday shopping and the need to look for alternative forms of payment.

At this point, the most important thing is that the terminal operator and BLIK representatives confirmed the disruptions. Some services worked normally, but the failure of payment systems showed how quickly technical problems can affect the functioning of stores and customers across the country.