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Mercado Pago: Point - Approval Anomaly - MLB

Mercado Pago · mercadopago.comImpact: majorResolved2026-10-04 11:49 UTC
Public — what happened

Summary

Mercado Pago reported a major issue with payment approvals on its Point card machines in Brazil, starting at 11:24 UTC on October 4, 2026. The company said it was looking into the unusual approval behavior and marked the problem as identified, but it did not share a cause. No fix had been reported at the time of this update.

Timeline

Source of record: provider status page. Summary written by SquidGrid from the provider’s published updates; times in UTC.

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