Some users couldn't access Apple Cash due to Wednesday outage

Some users were experiencing issues with Apple Cash as a result of an outage confirmed by Apple on Wednesday.

The company's System Status page indicated that there was an ongoing issue with Apple Cash, with users not being able to send or receive funds. Other Apple-branded services, such as the iOS App Store, iCloud, and Apple Pay appear to be functioning normally. The issue first occurred at 10:01 a.m. Eastern Time and is was resolved at 5:18 p.m. Eastern Time.

Users took to social media to complain about Apple Cash not functioning. Apple Cash is a popular payment service, similar to CashApp, Venmo, and Zelle, but under the Apple umbrella.

Only some users were affected. Apple Cash was still working for most during the outage.

Apple's services periodically experience outages and other issues for various reasons. Apple Wallet experienced a similar problem in December 2023, and Apple Cash was facing an issue in May of the same year.

Update: January 8, 10:00 p.m. ET: Apple updated the status page to state the outage was resolved. Text updated.