Iranians report banking disruptions as cards and POS payments fail

Several Iranian bank card services were disrupted on Saturday, with customers reporting failed payments, blocked transfers and POS errors in messages sent to Iran International.

Iranian media reported disruptions affecting cards issued by Bank Melli, Tejarat, Sepah and Saderat. Messages from users also cited problems with Mellat cards and said both online transfers and ATM or card payments were failing.

One shopkeeper said nearly 90% of bank cards had been down for about four hours, leaving customers unable to make purchases.

Another message from Mashhad said banks had been facing disruptions since the morning.

A customer said cards from Bank Melli, Mellat and Tejarat were not working at a shop, while another message said POS devices were showing an “issuer error.”