UPDATE: 2025/05/16 16:02 EST BY CRAIG DONALDSON
The Apply Pay outage has been fully resolved.
Apple has resolved the remaining issues with Apply Pay and Apple Wallet.
UPDATE: 2025/05/16 13:44 EST BY CRAIG DONALDSON
Apple has resolved the issues with Apple Card and Apple Cash.
According to Apple’s System Status page, it has resolved any issues with Apple Card and Apple Cash, but there are still issues presently with Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. You can find the original story below.
Summary
- Apple Pay is currently experiencing an outage in the US.
- Reports of issues started at 11:30am ET and have since increased.
- Users, including Pocket-lint’s managing editor, are facing payment failures with Apple Pay.
If you’ve been experiencing issues with
Apple Pay
while trying to purchase anything today, don’t worry; you’re not alone. Apple Pay seems to be facing a significant outage in the US.
According to downtector.com, a website that tracks outages, reports began surfacing at around 11:30am ET that Apple Pay was not functioning. Initially, there were 1,600 reports at that time. As of 12:30am, the number has increased to over 3,000.
Apple’s System Status page in the US indicates that Apple Pay is encountering issues. Pocket-lint’s managing editor, Amanda Kondolojy, is experiencing problems with Apple Pay. When she attempted to send money using it, it failed, with Apple Pay stating the recipient “Cannot receive payments sent with Apple Cash at this time.”
Apple has not commented on this issue yet or when it might be resolved, but keep checking back here. This post will be updated with any developments.
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There are plenty of memes
People affected by the Apple Pay outage have taken to social media to report their experiences. A user on X posted that Apple Pay wasn’t letting them add money to their account, with an error message saying: “Apple Pay services are currently unavailable. Please try again later.”
One upside to all this, as with any major tech outage, is that people are seizing the chance to share some pretty funny memes about Apple Pay.
It seems today would’ve been a good day to carry cash for once.
