On Oct 20 a large number of users reported payment failures on Taobao. At order confirmation many saw the message "Platform discount amount has changed; please return and reconfirm discount information"; some users could not complete payment and coupon statuses were abnormal. Taobao customer service attributed the issue to heavy traffic during a major promotion, advised users to try again later and apologized for the inconvenience.

Indonesia's stock market rebounded after authorities unveiled measures aimed at averting a potential two-notch downgrade by MSCI. The Jakarta Composite Index rose as much as 2.7%, recouping part of an about 15% decline over the prior two sessions — the steepest sell-off since 1989 and leaving Indonesia the world's worst-performing market. The Indonesia Stock Exchange said after a Monday meeting with MSCI representatives it will exclude companies with highly concentrated ownership from its benchmark sample and expand ownership disclosure, requiring clarity on whether investors holding 1% or more are related parties. MSCI has said it is considering downgrading Indonesia from an emerging to a standalone market — a step more severe than January's warning to possibly reclassify it as a frontier market — citing opaque ownership structures, suspected coordinated trading and insufficient progress on this year's regulatory reforms.

According to the Washington Post, the U.S. government has not yet approved transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine.