Google Cloud outage disrupts Revolut services across Singapore

Revolut users in Singapore experienced widespread service disruptions on Tuesday following an infrastructure failure at Google Cloud's UK data centre. According to the company's status dashboard, all 27 services listed for the Singapore market were partially unavailable during the incident, affecting core financial functions that users depend on daily.

The outage impacted critical services including card payments, ATM withdrawals, currency exchange transactions and account management features. Revolut's status page indicated that the disruption stemmed from upstream issues with Google Cloud's infrastructure, preventing the fintech platform from delivering normal service levels to its Singapore customer base.

The incident highlights the vulnerability of digital financial services to cloud infrastructure failures, particularly when single providers host critical systems. Revolut has not released a formal statement regarding service restoration timelines or compensation for affected users.

The outage adds to a series of recent service disruptions across Southeast Asia's fintech sector, where reliance on third-party cloud providers has grown substantially. Google Cloud has not yet published detailed incident reports regarding the UK-based outage or its broader impact on dependent services across other regions.