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Card payment still not showing- Is this affecting other customers?

  • January 25, 2024
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I'm on pay monthly direct debit. I decided to make an extra payment to put more money in my account. Usually it shows within a couple of hours but it still isn't showing. That was 2 days ago. Why hasn't my credit balance been updated?

I talked to a customer service rep using the online chat after getting past the bot but got the same response i.e. talk to another department tomorrow. I experienced this last summer being sent into an eternal loop of being passed from the department to department and It took hours and hours and many weeks until it was sorted, always been told “give it a couple of days.”

My bank account statement shows that ovo has taken the money from my bank account. So why doesn't it show on my ovo account?

Having no true customer service that can service the customer for my energy via chat, telephone… It makes me very nervous I know question whether it's worth staying with over for the sake of power move or switching to a supplier which can give me certainty of support. After all, what price for peace of mind? I know that sounds like a tough thing to say but that's how this ongoing issue makes me feel. Sorry.

If there's anyone out there who can help with this matter, I would truly appreciate it.

Thank you

 

Best answer by Tim_OVO

Hi everyone, 

 

Thanks to everyone that has shared details of how they’ve been affected. 

 

This issue, where payments that are made aren’t showing on the OVO account, has been resolved overnight for any future payments. So I’m hoping everyone reporting issues were affected before today, the 25th January, as most of the comments in this topic suggests. 

 

We’re working out the details of our approach to getting the accounts of anyone affected updated. We’re sorry for any inconvenience causes by this.

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Rank 1
January 26, 2024

Just checked the website and on thursday Apple Pay payment has now been acknowledged.

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
January 26, 2024

Hey all, just an update on this, the issue is fixed for anyone looking to make a payment now, it's only payments that were attempted during the issue that need adding. 

 

It’s good to see most of you are reporting that these missed payments are showing, if for anyone they’re payments are not showing I would recommend you wait until the end of today.

 

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Jeffus
Rank 20
Rank 20
January 26, 2024

Hey all, just an update on this, the issue is fixed for anyone looking to make a payment now, it's only payments that were attempted during the issue that need adding. 

 

It’s good to see most of you are reporting that these missed payments are showing, if for anyone they’re payments are not showing I would recommend you wait until the end of today.

 

@Emmanuelle_OVO Have you heard if some may take 28 days? See link

What should customers do if it is not showing by the end of today? Are you going to collate them or should they contact customer services?

 

Newcomer
January 26, 2024

Hey all, just an update on this, the issue is fixed for anyone looking to make a payment now, it's only payments that were attempted during the issue that need adding. 

 

It’s good to see most of you are reporting that these missed payments are showing, if for anyone they’re payments are not showing I would recommend you wait until the end of today.

 

@Emmanuelle_OVO Have you heard if some may take 28 days? See link

What should customers do if it is not showing by the end of today? Are you going to collate them or should they contact customer services?

My PayPoint payment still missing 😬

 

Firedog
Super User
Super User
January 26, 2024

I’ve paid my bill 2 weeks ago at PayPoint and still not showing on my account. 

 

Mac, that’s a different problem. This thread is about users paying by card; there was a temporary glitch that seems to have been cleared up.

You may be the same position as this poster, whose PayPoint payment is also missing. It seems that OVO have suddenly stopped accepting payment like this, without telling anyone including their own support staff. Your payment should be safe, but there may be an uncomfortable wait until it’s all sorted out. Please make sure Support have the details of your case, so you can if necessary enter a complaint in order to bring the case to conclusion. 

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Newcomer
January 28, 2024

I have looked at the Forum and many people have had the same problem.  I paid my own and my Mums OVO bill at a Coop paypoint on 11th January.  However looking at my OVO account and my Mums it says payment has not been received.  I have contacted Paypoint and they confirm the payment was successful and OVO should check their 'missing payments' process.  This seems to follow a pattern where customers say they made the payment on 11th January.  Maybe OVO had some kind of a blip on their system on that day.  I keep checking my account and it is staying no payment received.

Firedog
Super User
Super User
January 28, 2024

You’re not alone, as you’d noticed. I’m sure the forum moderators will have something to say tomorrow (Monday) in the other thread you also posted in.

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Abby_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 29, 2024

Hey @Mac1982 

 

Sorry to hear your payment still hasn’t reached your account.

 

If the payment has still not reached your account, I would recommend contacting the Support Team directly so that they can attempt to locate the payment and allocate it to the account, this is a case that the team can raise. For more on this type of case, see this topic below:

 

 

If you’ve still got the receipt they’ll likely want a copy of this along with information on how and when the payment was made. 

 

Keep us updated with how you get on.

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Firedog
Super User
Super User
January 29, 2024

… For more on this type of case, see this topic below:

 

@Abby_OVO , there’s no mention of missing PayPoint payments in that thread. No bank account involved ...

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Abby_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 29, 2024

@Firedog I’ll perhaps look to update that thread as they should still be able to apply the locate and allocate the payment with the receipt and same information. As it counts as a payment method, it should still have a trace, so long as it didn’t return to the bank instead.

 

The Support Team can assist with this in the same way.

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