Target says it's working on problem preventing customers from making purchases

Target Corp on Saturday said it was working on a problem that prevented customers in the United States from paying for their purchases. Media reports said the problem had hit Target stores across the country.

The retailer tweeted http://bit.ly/2WKO1HY that it was troubleshooting the issue and would provide an update soon. Target did not give any reason for the outage and was not immediately reachable for comment.