A POPULAR payroll system used by millions crashed in the US during a test leaving customers unable to log in.
Sage users across several regions reported that they couldn’t access financial reports or do accounting tasks.
In a statement, the service said: “During a scheduled testing activity, some Sage Intacct customers experienced a temporary interruption in access to database servers for approximately one hour.
“This issue did not affect payroll processing within the product.
“It was quickly identified and resolved, and systems are now operating as normal for customers.”
Sage – which is used by six million companies – is a cloud-based solution that helps businesses manage payroll processes, including calculating wages and taxes.
It also generates payslips and manages employee data.
Sage going down could mean paychecks are delayed for millions of people across the globe.
The service’s dashboard shows a “partial outage” across North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific.
Downdetector shows there’s been problems since 8am.
NATIONWIDE BANKING
It comes just days after Nationwide customers were left in limbo after the bank’s online services went down.
Almost 1,500 issues were reported with Nationwide’s services shortly after 5pm on Sunday, according to website Downdetector.
Of these complaints, 58 per cent were related to mobile banking, while 39 per cent focused on failures with the building society’s online banking.
4 per cent of issues were also recorded in relation to credit card usage.
BT BROADBAND
Meanwhile, more than 360 people logged complaints about their BT broadband on Downdetector on March 24.
Some 91% of the issues reported were with the company’s broadband.
Meanwhile 5% were complaining about emails and 4% about landlines.
Most of the reports came after 9am – just as millions of workers would have been logging on to begin their shifts.