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0 pointstecleandor2y ago0 comments

It's true it's kind of weird it isn't big news, and only has been kept as small notes in the newspapers.

Seems like the main (only?) Card payment processor in Spain has stopped working, country wide, for one hour or two. That's a huge security/infrastructure problem.

News notes:

  https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2023-11-18/problemas-con-bizum-tarjetas-y-datafonos-la-caida-de-la-plataforma-redsys-tumba-los-sistemas-de-pago-bancarios.html
  https://theobjective.com/economia/2023-11-18/los-sistemas-pago-comercios-madrid/
  https://www.elcorreo.com/sociedad/pago-datafono-redsys-servicio-de-procesamiento-tarjeta-espana-20231118144047-nt.html

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pantulis2y ago

The only alternative to Redsys, which is owned by Spain's main banks, is managed by Cecabank but it's not very relevant, like a 90%-10% market split here.

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