Square and Cash App Suffer Outages, Leaving Thousands Unable to Access Accounts
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Payment services Square and Cash App experienced outages on Thursday, with thousands of reports on DownDetector.
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Square said some users couldn't access accounts or process payments. Services restored by 115pm Eastern on Friday.
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Cash App said it identified the cause of the outage Thursday night and resolved most issues by 1234pm Eastern Friday.
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Square plans a Point of Sale update to fix issues for users of Square Stand and Square Reader getting "reader disconnected" messages.
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Both companies kept users updated on the outages via their websites, accounts on Twitter (now X), and email.