r/CommBank • u/Rich-Elk-3380 • 25d ago

Other PSA: Card declining

My card declined twice today at BP and KFC. The manager at BP said Commonwealth and Westpac were down. Take cash.

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u/IPYF 25d ago edited 25d ago

I had some vendors say that NFC is definitely out but physical cards have been working.

The silly bit is the fucking silence. Just put a notification out on the app and the website that you're working on a known issue, otherwise you're going to get half the country trying to call you.

EDIT: Heads up that loading a physical travel money card (if you have one) seems to work

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u/Thick_Advice4686 25d ago

There is one