Paystack incident

Nigeria: Downtime on Bank Transfers

Major Ongoing

Paystack is currently experiencing a major incident affecting NIGERIA (Bank) and NIGERIA (Bank Transfer) and 1 more component, which began 9h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 02, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 9h 19m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 02, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC

Affected components

NIGERIA (Bank)NIGERIA (Bank Transfer)NIGERIA (Pay with Bank)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 02, 2026, 10:57 AM 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.

  2. monitoring Oct 02, 2026, 06:33 PM UTC

    A fix has been put in place and we're seeing improved successes on both Inward and Outward Transfers.

  3. monitoring Oct 02, 2026, 07:23 PM UTC

    The issue has now been resolved for new transfers. However, for transfers initiated during the downtime, there will be a delay. We're working with the Central Switch to get the final status of these transfers and update them accordingly. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.