Several users of Vipps are experiencing that the service is now down. The following message appears when the app is opened: “Unfortunately, Vipps is not available right now. We are working to solve the problems as quickly as possible”. – We are working full time with great resources, but unfortunately do not know when we will be up again, says Caroline Lunde, press contact at Vipps. Lunde says that the entire system is down. – Right now, no services are working, she says. Going beyond the bazaar in Bokn Vipps The crash occurs at the same time as volunteers across the country are fundraising with this year’s TV campaign, which is on Sunday. In the Bokn arena in Rogaland, it is very bad that Vipps is down right now. At ten o’clock the doors opened for the bazaar, which was supposed to collect money for the TV campaign. – It is very unfortunate, we are dependent on it, says Bokn mayor Osmund Våga, who is there to collect money. The bazaar uses Vipps for raffle and cake sales and to receive donations. In the premises, there are QR codes to track for all purposes. – It is very simple and we use little cash, says Våga. Found card terminal Despite the unfortunate situation, they turn around and do what they can to collect as much money as possible for the TV campaign. – It will create some problems, but now they found a card terminal and it is possible to write down what you want to pay for the lottery ticket and contact the bazaar later. We are solution-oriented in Bokn, says the mayor. This message comes up for Vipps’ users on Friday morning. Photo: Screenshot
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