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Google Resolves Cloud Outage That Disrupted Banking Services
· New York time
Google resolved a cloud outage that affected U.K. banks and websites, with Revolut among the hardest hit and banking services unavailable for many customers. The incident illustrates an operational risk in digital finance: a banking interface can depend on infrastructure outside the bank itself. The reported restoration is important, but it does not establish that every affected customer's experience or every downstream problem ended simultaneously. Nor does this incident establish a U.S. service disruption. Its broader relevance is the dependence of financial services on major cloud platforms. Digital convenience still needs functioning infrastructure underneath it. The reassuring image of money living in the cloud becomes considerably less poetic when customers need the cloud to open before they can finish an ordinary banking task.
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