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Nationwide Credit-Card Outage Halts Payments, Transit Apps

7/16/2026

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A nationwide credit-card outage began at 8 a.m. (2300 GMT) on 16 July 2026, stopping payments at stores, merchants and transit apps.
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co. and Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. said the issue blocked processing.
East Japan Railway Co. said Mobile Suica and Mobile Pasmo users could not buy passes or complete credit-card transactions.
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co. apologized, saying sources linked the outage to Visa’s network and that it lasted midday.

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A nationwide credit-card outage began at 8 a.m. (2300 GMT) on 16 July 2026, stopping payments at stores, merchants and transit apps.
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co. and Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. said the issue blocked processing.
East Japan Railway Co. said Mobile Suica and Mobile Pasmo users could not buy passes or complete credit-card transactions.
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co. apologized, saying sources linked the outage to Visa’s network and that it lasted midday.