Card payments temporarily not possible. The error has now been fixed.
According to payment service providers, payment by debit or credit card in Germany is disrupted nationwide. The exact cause of the failure was initially not known. Reports: Customers of other institutions are also said to be affected by outages. No reports of disruptions at institutions in the Federal Association of Volks- und Raiffeisenbank said that she currently had no reports of disruption at any of the group's institutions. The German Savings Banks and Giro Association (DSGV) said payments in shops with the Girocard were not possible for around two hours.