Paystack incident
Nigeria: Degraded Performance on Paystack Direct Debit
Paystack experienced a minor incident on May 20, 2026, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- resolved May 20, 2026, 09:03 AM UTC
Type: Incident Duration: 1 day, 4 hours and 53 minutes Affected Components: Direct Debit May 21, 13:56:39 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. May 20, 09:03:27 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are seeing an increase in failures on Paystack Direct Debit, as a result of a provider downtime. As a result, attempts to link new accounts, and complete payments with already linked accounts may fail. We are in communication with our processing partner to get this resolved as quickly as possible, and will share updates as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.