Paystack incident

Nigeria: Downtime on Bank Transfers

Major Resolved

Paystack experienced a major incident on July 1, 2026 affecting NIGERIA (Bank) and NIGERIA (Managed Accounts) and 1 more component, lasting 16h 16m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jul 01, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 02, 2026, 07:34 AM UTC
Duration
16h 16m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 01, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC

Affected components

NIGERIA (Bank)NIGERIA (Managed Accounts)NIGERIA (Bank Transfer)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jul 01, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC

    We are experiencing an increase in failures on inward ​(​Pay with Transfer and Dedicated Virtual Accounts)​​ and outward Transfers 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, and also when making outward transfers from Paystack to other bank 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. resolved Jul 02, 2026, 07:34 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.