Paystack incident

Nigeria: Downtime on Verve card transactions

Minor Resolved

Paystack experienced a minor incident on May 20, 2026 affecting NIGERIA (Cards), lasting 22h 26m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 20, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC
Resolved
May 21, 2026, 08:32 AM UTC
Duration
22h 26m
Detected by Pingoru
May 20, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC

Affected components

NIGERIA (Cards)

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 20, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC

    We are currently observing a higher failure rate on transactions made with **Verve cards**. Our team has notified the Verve team and we are working closely with them to resolve the issue. We’ll provide updates as soon as normal service is restored.

  2. resolved May 21, 2026, 08:32 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.