On Saturday evening on June 7, 2025, BLIK mobile payment strategy users faced a major accident. Around four hours – from 21:00 to 01:00 – the telephone number transfers did not work and the BLIK strategy did not respond.
Scope and duration of the accident
The malfunction has begun. Saturday 7 June around 21:00. Users reported implementation problems BLIC Transferswhich are 1 of the most commonly utilized functions of this system. Attempts to make transactions ended in method errors or deficiency of consequence from bank mobile applications.
The strategy has not resumed to around 01:00 at night from Saturday to Sunday (8 June). During this time, it was not possible to execute a BLIC transfer or receive funds sent previously – bank applications did not display any messages informing about the problem.
User reactions and consequences
Social media immediately filled with hashtag entries #BLIK Not Workingwhere users described their experiences, frustration and the effects of inaccessibility of transfers. In many cases, it was about paying bills, online store transactions, and immediate financial support for loved ones.
Some users besides pointed out that attempts to contact bank hotlines were not effective – on Saturday night the waiting time for the call was up to 20 minutes, and the consultants had no cognition of the origin of the problem.
ClickThe importance of the BLIC strategy in everyday life
The BLIC strategy has become in fresh years one of the most crucial payment tools in Poland. According to Polish Payment Standard data from the first 4th of 2025, BLIKA already uses more than 15 million active users per month, and the number of transactions increases at a rate of 2 figures year to year.
In 2024 the strategy handled more than 2 billion transactionsof which over 30% were transfers to telephone number – a function that on June 7, 2025 stopped working. The scale of dependence on specified services makes any longer inaccessibility a possible threat to the smooth functioning of trade, services and everyday life.
Experts: Critical systems must have emergency protocols
Industry analysts and payment infrastructure specialists agree that this should consequence in introduction of clear communication protocols in the event of strategy failures. akin standards apply in the energy, medical or transport sectors.
"We anticipate the BLIK operator and the banks to be transparent and responsive. The deficiency of transfers for a fewer hours is 1 thing, but the deficiency of any message that would calm the customers or inform about the degree of the breakdown is serious negligence,” says anonymously the payment strategy safety specialist.
It is besides indicated that weekend failures are peculiarly dangerous, due to the fact that limited method staff and reduced availability of communication channels make it hard to respond rapidly and manage the situation.
What's next? The request for clear procedures
Faced with the increasing function of the BLIC strategy in the Polish payment ecosystem, pressure to improve crisis communication will increase. The accident of June 7, 2025 may be an impulse to make new standards of reaction and transparency in the financial services sector.
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