YouTube Premium payments paused for anyone else?

Posted 4th Aug 2023

I've been paying using a revolut card registered to an India address, but the payments were paused this morning and the link to updating payment methods seems to be broken.

Has anyone else had this problem? I'm not sure if it's Revolut, Google or if YouTube is finally cracking down on this exploit.

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Richierea
4th Aug
I had same issue today (was using India). Couldn't edit payment details. Found on a Reddit post someone with same issue. They said India and Turkey no longer worked but tried Ukraine and went through. I cancelled my existing subscription, set VPN to Ukraine and it accepted debit card no issue. Slightly more expensive (£3 or so) for family option. Might be worth trying if still having problems.
ArbabK47
5th Aug
gonna give that a go thank you.
ArbabK47
4th Aug
Also ran in to the same issue today
DaveInLondon Author
4th Aug
I'm not even able to change payments methods, are you getting the same issue?
kos1c
4th Aug
Mine had an issue the other day on revoult, it couldn't confirm payment so i made a new virtual card and it went through without issue.

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JackAllard
7th Aug
It’s not letting me switch cards
yatesl
4th Aug
Same. Tried to renew via Argentina and it says it can't verify country.
McShane
4th Aug
No issues here with my Turkish sub using Starling virtual card via Google Pay.
firsttime
5th Aug
I'm a foreigner , can i register Starling Virtual Card ?
Gormond
5th Aug
I also have the same issue with my Indian account, how annoying.
djnaff
5th Aug
I have had this for months and I have to manualy pay with my backup payment every month
seems to error but takes money from my revolut and premium kicks in within half hour
Its a pain but still worth it
Chigz_
6th Aug
Yep, same issue, cancelled it completely now sadly.
nytramlean
7th Aug
I keep getting Transaction declined. This purchase requires a payment method from your billing country. [OR_RECR_05] message. Tried Crypto.com and my halifax card with no luck
Gormond
8th Aug
Same, no luck here either.
nytramlean
8th Aug
I had to use a different Gmail account that was registered to Argentina and went though fine with same payment card
darkstryder360
11th Aug
My payment was due the same day as this post, and the Revolut payment came out as normal.

(India, Family Plan)
robinson-constantin.chera
21st Aug
Ukraine it's like 5$ for a family plan which it's a high price compared to the 2$ paid for Argentina/Turkey, I really hate YTB for doing this
doesitmatter
27th Aug
Revolut has 3 types of cards - standard, virtual reusable and disposable. Used virtual and it worked
T1Cybernetic
2 m ago
My indian one is now toast It was great while it lasted but I'm going to have to move countries now.