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Card payments outage hits pubs and shops during England match

Customers report having to use cash at stores such as Tesco and to buy drinks due to outage at payments processor WorldPay

Shoppers reported problems with making card payments at British pubs and supermarkets on Tuesday after a power outage affected one of the world’s largest payment processing platforms.

Customers said contactless payments were not working at a number of stores including Tesco branches at a time when football fans were watching the World Cup group game between England and Ghana at pubs, screenings and restaurants.

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Jun 23, 2026 Retail industry UK news Tesco

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