Paystack incident

Nigeria: Delay in Completing Transfers and Direct Debit Transactions

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Paystack experienced a minor incident on May 19, 2026, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 19, 2026, 04:00 PM UTC
Resolved
May 19, 2026, 04:00 PM UTC
Duration
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Detected by Pingoru
May 19, 2026, 04:00 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. resolved May 19, 2026, 04:00 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 2 hours and 3 minutes Affected Components: Bank, Managed Accounts, Direct Debit, Bank Transfer May 19, 16:00:53 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently experiencing failures in connecting to the central switch in Nigeria. As a result, you may notice: 1. Delays in transfers to Paystack Titan and Wema-managed accounts via both Pay with Transfer (PwT) and Dedicated Virtual Accounts (DVA). 2. Delays in processing outward transfers to **all bank accounts**. 3. Increased failures when linking bank accounts for Direct Debit 4. Increased failures when trying to make Direct Debit payments Our team is actively working with partners to resolve this issue and will provide updates as soon as service is fully restored. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. May 19, 18:04:20 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.