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Active incident: Nigeria: Downtime with Bank Transfers

Paystack is reporting a major outage right now (last checked 4m ago). 1 active incident on the official status page.

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Active incident 1

  1. Ongoing ● 11h 45m
    Started Oct 30, 2026, 08:16 PM UTC
    BankManaged Accounts
    Timeline · 1 update
    • investigating · Oct 30, 2026, 08:16 PM UTC

      We are experiencing an increase in failures on inward ​(​Pay with Transfer and Dedicated Virtual Accounts)​​ and outward Transfers as a result of a downtime with the Central Switch in Nigeria. As a result, you may experience delays and failures when making transfers to Paystack Virtual Accounts, and also when making outward transfers from Paystack to other bank accounts. We are in communication with the Central Switch and will share updates as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.

    Latest: We are experiencing an increase in failures on inward ​(​Pay with Transfer and Dedicated Virtual Accounts)​​ and outward Transfers as a result of a downtime with the Central Switch…

Recent outages & incidents

Past 90 days
  1. Resolved 20h 9m
    Started Oct 29, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 30, 2026, 08:07 AM UTC
    Cards
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Oct 29, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC

      We are currently observing a higher than usual failure rate on transactions made with Ecobank cards as a result of an issue with our processing partner. Transactions made with cards issued by other banks are not affected. As a result, payments made with Ecobank cards may fail. We are working with our processing partner to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and we will provide updates as soon as normal service is restored. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

    • resolved · Oct 30, 2026, 08:07 AM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved.

  2. Resolved 1h 36m
    Started Oct 29, 2026, 07:30 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 29, 2026, 09:06 AM UTC
    CardsCardsCardsCardsCardsCards
    Timeline · 4 updates
    • investigating · Oct 29, 2026, 07:30 AM UTC

      We are investigating an issue affecting 3DS challenges.

    • monitoring · Oct 29, 2026, 07:52 AM UTC

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.

    • monitoring · Oct 29, 2026, 08:03 AM UTC

      Card payments requiring 3D Secure verification are operational again. The service is currently under monitoring.

    • resolved · Oct 29, 2026, 09:06 AM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved.

  3. Resolved 27m
    Started Oct 27, 2026, 07:36 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 27, 2026, 08:04 AM UTC
    Cards
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Oct 27, 2026, 07:36 AM UTC

      We are currently observing a higher than usual failure rate on transactions made with **cards issued by Nigerian banks as a result of a processor downtime.** **As a result, transactions made with such cards may fail.** We are working with our processing partner to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and we will provide updates as soon as normal service is restored. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

    • resolved · Oct 27, 2026, 08:04 AM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved.

  4. Resolved 1h 42m
    Started Oct 26, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 26, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC
    Cards
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Oct 26, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC

      We are currently observing a higher than usual failure rate on one-time transactions made with Access Bank cards as a result of an issue with our processing partner. Transactions made with cards issued by other banks are not affected. As a result, one-time payments made with Access Bank cards may fail. We are working with our processing partner to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and we will provide updates as soon as normal service is restored. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

    • resolved · Oct 26, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved.

  5. Resolved 16h 2m
    Started Oct 25, 2026, 01:26 PM UTC · Resolved Oct 26, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
    Cards
    Timeline · 7 updates
    • investigating · Oct 25, 2026, 01:26 PM UTC

      We are currently observing a higher than usual failure rate on transactions made with **cards issued by Nigerian banks as a result of a processor downtime.** **As a result, transactions made with such cards may fail.** We are working with our processing partner to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and we will provide updates as soon as normal service is restored. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

    • monitoring · Oct 25, 2026, 02:45 PM UTC

      We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.

    • resolved · Oct 25, 2026, 05:00 PM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    • resolved · Oct 25, 2026, 07:06 PM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    • investigating · Oct 25, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

      We are currently investigating this incident.

    • monitoring · Oct 25, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.

    • resolved · Oct 26, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved.

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Incident record

Since April 2026 · Instatus · 57 components checked every 5 minutes
112incidents recorded
112last 12 months
40last 90 days
19 hourstypical duration, 12 months

The longest incident in the last year, Paystack Dashboard on April 24, 2026, ran for 10 days. 75 maintenance windows announced in the same period.

Most affected components, last 12 months

  • Overall28
  • Bank21
  • Managed Accounts21
  • Cards20
  • Bank Transfer15

Latest incidents

Outage history

Past 90 days · 40 incidents View full outage history →