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# EU and UK regulators query Google Cloud after outage hits major banks
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-10-21-eba-fca-google-cloud-outage-query/
- Published: 2026-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T03:57:18.000Z
- Description: The European Banking Authority said it was in contact with Google Cloud after a 20 October outage in its London region disrupted Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC. The UK's FCA said it was engaging with Google; lawmakers wrote to the Bank of England.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Reuters (via The Economic Times), 21 October 2026](https://m.economictimes.com/tech/technology/europes-financial-regulators-query-google-over-cloud-outage-that-hit-banks/amp%5Farticleshow/135099647.cms?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that any regulator has opened a formal investigation or found fault, only that they have asked questions.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Regulators only asking questions after outage, no finding or action. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)