Standard Bank incident

SMS Messages not being delivered

Resolved after 4 hours 33 minutes, affecting Instant Money and Instant Money and 1 more, on November 19, 2021.

resolved Nov 19, 2021, 09:26 AM UTC

Our OTP and My Updates services are back up and running. Thank you for your patience, and apologies for any inconvenience this has caused

Started
Nov 19, 2021, 04:53 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 19, 2021, 09:26 AM UTC
Duration
4h 33m
Detected by Pingoru
Nov 19, 2021, 04:53 AM UTC

Affected components

Instant MoneyInstant MoneyBuy Airtime and DataBuy Airtime and DataBuy ElectricityBuy ElectricityPlay LottoPlay Lotto

Update timeline

  1. investigating Nov 19, 2021, 04:53 AM UTC

    We are currently experiencing a technical issue with SMS messages. Message services that are impacted OTP SMS's Instant Money SMS's Lotto SMS's MyUpdates SMS's Prepaid purchases - Airtime, Electricity SMS's Other SMS's You may still be having difficulties receiving OTP and SMS notifications across our banking and online payment services. Our external service provider is experiencing technical issues and we are working with them to restore services soon. We apologise for the inconvenience caused

  2. investigating Nov 19, 2021, 06:31 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. identified Nov 19, 2021, 06:41 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  4. resolved Nov 19, 2021, 09:26 AM UTC

    Our OTP and My Updates services are back up and running. Thank you for your patience, and apologies for any inconvenience this has caused

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