Paystack incident

Nigeria: Increased Failures on Card Transactions

Minor Resolved

Paystack experienced a minor incident on October 11, 2026 affecting NIGERIA (Cards), lasting 41m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 11, 2026, 09:35 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 11, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC
Duration
41m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 11, 2026, 09:35 AM UTC

Affected components

NIGERIA (Cards)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 11, 2026, 09:35 AM UTC

    We are currently observing a higher failure rate on transactions made with **Nigerian cards, especially Verve cards** as a result of a partner downtime. We have notified our partner and we are working closely with them to resolve the issue. We’ll provide updates as soon as service is restored and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

  2. resolved Oct 11, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.