Paystack incident

Nigeria: Downtime with Bank Transfers

Major

Ongoing since 10:57 AM UTC, affecting NIGERIA (Bank) and NIGERIA (Managed Accounts).

monitoring Nov 04, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.

Started
Nov 04, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 1h 31m
Detected by Pingoru
Nov 04, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC

Affected components

NIGERIA (Bank)NIGERIA (Managed Accounts)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Nov 04, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC

    We are experiencing an increase in failures on inward ​(​Pay with Transfer and Dedicated Virtual Accounts)​​ 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. 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 Nov 04, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.

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