Acquired Status · History · Incident #94256

RESOLVED

Elevated decline rates for Mastercard payments

Major · Started Aug 15, 2026 · 6:29 AM

  • Duration

    2h 59m

  • Severity

    Major

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Elevated decline rates for Mastercard payments

This incident has been resolved.


  • Started

    Aug 15, 2026 · 6:29 AM

  • Resolved

    Aug 15, 2026 · 9:29 AM

  • Duration

    2h 59m

  • Severity

    Major

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    Aug 15 · 6:29 AM Acquired

    We are currently investigating an issue affecting payments processed on the Mastercard network. Affected transactions may be declined or fail to complete. We will provide an update within 30 minutes.

  • Identified

    Aug 15 · 6:35 AM Acquired

    We have confirmed that this is an issue on the Mastercard network affecting transaction processing. Visa and other card schemes are unaffected.

  • Monitoring

    Aug 15 · 6:38 AM Acquired

    Authorisation rates on the Mastercard network have returned to normal levels. We are monitoring to confirm full recovery.

  • Resolved

    Aug 15 · 9:29 AM Acquired

    This incident has been resolved.

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