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09/19/2025, 13:34The National Bank reported that in the second quarter of this year, there were 89 failures in the payment systems (compared to 131 in the same period in 2024). Whereas previously the main problem was third-party service providers, now hardware and software complexes and peripheral devices are increasingly failing.
According to the regulator, almost every fourth failure is related to hardware and software — in other words, the ‘brains’ and equipment on which payment systems operate. For comparison, a year ago such malfunctions accounted for only about 14% of all cases, but now they account for 26.97%.
Other causes of failures include:
Despite the increase in the number of technical failures, the National Bank notes that the incidents did not result in financial losses and did not affect other participants in the payment services market.
