Payment systems giant Visa recovered today from a hardware issue that had left it struggling to process transactions at bars, shops and cash machines across Europe.
The blockage left some customers stuck at the tills in stores across the continent late yesterday, whilst others were forced to queue at automated teller machines (ATMs).
"Visa has resolved a technical issue which occurred yesterday in Europe and prevented some consumers from using Visa for payments," the firm said in a statement at 04:32am (local time), more than 12 hours after it first reported issues.
"Visa Europe's payment system is now operating at full capacity, and Visa account holders can now use Visa for any of their purchases and at ATMs, as they normally would."
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