Google Cloud service issues in western Europe amid reported problems at banks and delivery sites on October 20

On October 20, 2026, Sky News reported that Google Cloud was investigating issues affecting multiple services in its europe-west2 region. Problems were reported at banks, delivery services and websites including HSBC, Royal Mail and Rightmove. Revolut separately reported an outage, while users flagged issues with NHS England, Gov.UK and Asda. The Straits Times reports that some Revolut services in Singapore were also affected, including card payments and transfers.