Cash App, Square Outages Lock Users Out of Accounts, Prevent Money Transfers
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Thousands of Cash App and Square customers unable to access accounts or send money due to outages.
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Outages began around noon PT/3pm ET on Thursday.
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Customers took to social media to share frustrations about lack of access to money.
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As of Friday morning, services were "steadily regaining functionality."
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Cash App said customers could add cash, make purchases, and buy Bitcoin again.
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Sending payments and cashing out were still recovering.
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Block Inc. is parent of both Cash App and Square payment services.