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Outage in Square Australia

Service Disruption

Resolved Minor
May 04, 2026 - Started 3 days ago - Lasted about 2 hours

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Square Australia experienced a service disruption lasting 1.9 hours where digital wallet tap payments were being declined at Square card readers, with customers seeing errors like "This card is not accepted" or "Insert or use another card." The issue was initially reported to affect Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, but was later narrowed down to specifically impact Samsung Pay transactions. Customers were advised to use physical cards or alternative payment methods as a workaround while engineering teams worked on a fix.

We’re currently investigating an issue where some customers’ digital wallet tap payments (including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay) are being declined at Square card readers. Affected buyers may see errors such as “This card is not accepted” or “Insert or use another card” when they try to tap to pay. As a workaround, please ask customers to use a physical card to tap, insert, or swipe at the point of sale. We know how important it is to have payments running smoothly, and our engineering teams are actively working on a fix. We’ll provide updates here and appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this issue.
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
IDENTIFIED 3 days ago - at 05/05/2026 12:23AM

We’ve continued to investigate this issue and have narrowed the impact to Samsung Pay tap-to-pay transactions at Square card readers. At this time, we do not believe Apple Pay or Google Pay are affected.

As a workaround, please ask customers using Samsung Pay to use a physical card to tap, insert, or swipe, or to pay with another wallet such as Apple Pay or Google Pay where available.

Our engineering teams are actively working on a fix specific to Samsung Pay, and we will continue to post updates here. Thank you for your patience as we work to fully resolve this.

INVESTIGATING 3 days ago - at 05/04/2026 11:31PM

We’re currently investigating an issue where some customers’ digital wallet tap payments (including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay) are being declined at Square card readers. Affected buyers may see errors such as “This card is not accepted” or “Insert or use another card” when they try to tap to pay.

As a workaround, please ask customers to use a physical card to tap, insert, or swipe at the point of sale.

We know how important it is to have payments running smoothly, and our engineering teams are actively working on a fix. We’ll provide updates here and appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this issue.

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