General fall of Redsys prevents paying with card or Bizum and withdrawing money from ATMs

If you have tried to make the purchase today and you had to pay by card, or you wanted use Bizum, and it could not be processed, know that you are not alone. A few years ago there have started to be problems with the dataphones in stores, and after a while it has been seen that it is a fall of Redsys, the system that manages card collections and payments in Spain.

So, practically, those who do not have cash are currently unable to make purchases in stores. PayPal may work, but it is most likely limited, in addition to the fact that businesses do not usually use it.

There is a fall of Redsys in Spain that does not allow the use of card payments or Bizum

Because practically all of Spain depends on Redsys services, it is only possible to pay in cash in stores. And we are forgetting to pay by card in online stores. In itself, a fall of a service that allows you to pay without having cash is a hard blow, and it is even more so today, combined with the fact that we have largely abandoned cash due to the Covid pandemic. 19 that He encouraged us not to pay in cash., along with the rapid implementation of digital payments between people with PayPal and Bizum.

At the time of writing these lines, there are still problems operating with cards in many stores in Spain. Bizum does not work, nor do the POS. It is also not possible to withdraw money from the ATM, because it also uses Redsys services.

The fall of Redsys in Spain, which is preventing the use of cards and Bizum, has been brewing since yesterday, with intermittent failures in payment services, until today around 13:40 p.m., which is when the problems have been seen in general. We don't know how long it will last. But one thing is clear, and that is that many people who have made their purchase today, Saturday because that is when they could, have had problems and possibly have had to make their weekly or fortnightly purchase for another time.