A big loss for Valentine's Day! UK Payment network problem

"Global network comprehensive report" Valentine's Day is a good time to make money, but the past Valentine's Day for some businesses, may not be the case. According to the Daily Mail of February 15, in the past Valentine's Day, a technical problem has prevented the chip and pin card from trading, resulting in a loss of thousands of pounds.

Due to the failure of the global payment company to operate the network, the chip card trading problem from 13th night began to continue throughout the 14th. Shops, restaurants, cafes and bars complain that they lost business for most of the Friday night and Saturday (one of the busiest weekends of the year) because they couldn't accept credit card payments.
The global payment company, which operates the payment network, posted a full day of advice on temporary repairs on 14th, and the failure was eventually resolved by the evening of 14th.

The global payments company apologized for the problem and said the issue was related to a terminal network service provider, but was fully resolved on 14th.
But dozens of of businesses have complained about the loss of sales in the entire Valentine's Day because of the inability of the card machine to connect to broadband.
Many customers are helplessly told that they will need to pay for their meals and gifts in cash.
Businesses have blamed the service as a "mess" and some have demanded compensation from the organization.
Colin Hemberstone, a watch seller in Lincolnshire, posted on Twitter, saying: "completely inferior service, without any notice, loss of thousands!" I'll change the supplier next week! That's a joke! "
A bar. Lord Matthew Fleming claimed that his chip card system network failed to make him lose tens of thousands of pounds on Valentine's Day night.
"I am under a lot of pressure. The Global payments Company's network in Britain crashed for 30 hours. This means that tens of thousands of merchants in this year one of the busiest weekends can not accept credit card payments. "He posted on Facebook," The Daily Mirror reported.
"So far we have lost about 40,000 pounds (about 384280 yuan)." ”
Caford Bruno, an independent wine dealer in Eastern Dulwich, London, reported its losses on Valentine's Day to the media. (Internship compilation: Yang Libin: Tanlia)