February 2, 2021 More than 2,000 small businesses are still affected by Tyro’s payment terminal outage, which has now entered its fifth week. There were 1,490 merchants missing one fully operational terminal, 486 merchants without an operational terminal and 643 merchants with terminal types no longer manufactured, as of Tyro’s latest ASX update. The service outage, which caused card payment terminals to be locked, began on January 5. Tyro since launched a program to collect the locked terminals either by couriers or post, so they could be repaired and then returned to small businesses. As the outage enters its second month, small businesses without working terminals continue to voice their frustration on social media.