A number of Tim Hortons, Starbucks and other fast food locations in Toronto were unable to accept debit or credit cards on Wednesday morning, with staff at one downtown store characterizing the situation as a large outage.
A spokesperson from Tim Hortons headquarters in Oakville told Newstalk 1010 the chain was experiencing “intermittent” issues with its debit and credit card terminals.
Reports of outages came in Wednesday from Tim Hortons stores across Ontario.
At Starbucks, staff at a location on Queen Street West and John Street said they had received a message Wednesday morning that outlets across their district were without credit or debit capabilities.
A Tim Hortons spokesperson said all issues would likely be resolved later on Wednesday morning.
Employees at both chains could not say what caused the outage.
CHASE Paymentech, a vendor of credit and debit machines and services, told CP24 on Wednesday that they were experiencing “intermittent communications problems across Canada.”
They said reports of systems not functioning started coming in at 2:30 a.m. this morning and said they could not provide a timeline regarding when service would be restored.
One week ago, as many as 1,300 Shoppers Drug Mart locations were without debit and credit card services for as long as two days.
