Mastercard took down payments across Australia with a scheduled update
THE SO WHAT
A scheduled Mastercard update knocking out payments across Australia is a reminder that even Tier-1 rails have single-change blast radii. If your revenue depends on card processing, revisit redundancy—multiple PSPs, offline modes, and clear incident playbooks are not optional overhead.
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