Belgian betaalnetwerk Bancontact struggling with failure

Bancontact is struggling in the whole of Belgium lwa with a failure. Therefore a lot of pin transactions in Belgian shops will not be performed. It is unclear where the interference is being caused and how long this will take.

The belgians throughout the country reported malfunctions with payments via Bancontact. Opposite Datanews let a spokesperson from Atos Worldline, the payment gateway manages, know that there is a large-scale failure. This was at 16:00 on Monday, it should be noted, after which was started with the solving of the problem.

Bancontact in Belgium, lot used for pinbetalingen. It is unclear if the christmas rush has something to do with the current fault: Atos Worldline gave no information about the background of the current problems. Also, it is still unclear when the issues will be.