By AIDAN WONDRACZ, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA
Published: 07:13 BST, 15 August 2026 | Updated: 07:41 BST, 15 August 2026
Australians around the country have complained about being unable to pay at major outlets due to a global Mastercard issue.
Customers claimed they had been unable to complete transactions using bank cards, Apple Pay and Android Pay when trying to use their Mastercard on Saturday.
'Woolworths Ryde similar story with Westpac/CBA on phone payment not working', they wrote on Reddit.
Another customer said only Visa payments were being accepted at their football club's Square terminal.
More than 1,700 reports of Mastercard issues were made to Downdetector, a website where social media users can report an outage, as of 3pm.
A Commonwealth Bank spokeswoman blamed a 'global Mastercard issue' for the payment outage.
'If customers experience a decline, please insert your card and select 'savings' to make payments via eftpos,' she said.
Australians around the country have complained about being unable to pay at major outlets due to a global Mastercard issue (stock image)
'All other CommBank services, including ATMs, remain available.'
Macquarie Bank warned customers online to expected difficulties.
'We're currently experiencing an issue with Mastercard debit cards,' it read.
'Our teams are working to fix this as a priority and apologise for any inconvenience caused.'
