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Outage in Flutterwave

Service Alert: Payouts Resumed, Other Currencies Paused

Resolved Major
October 13, 2026 - Started 2 days ago - Lasted 1 day
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Summary AI Generated

**Summary:** Flutterwave experienced a major 35-hour outage affecting outbound payouts across multiple currencies globally, including GHS, KES, UGX, ZMW, RWF, TZS, MWK, EGP, XOF, XAF, USD, GBP, and EUR, with additional disruptions to airtime and bill payments, stablecoin balance visibility, and FX rate display. NGN payouts were the first restored, followed by a phased recovery of remaining currencies, with merchants reporting pending transactions from October 13th requiring manual reconciliation. Full resolution was confirmed once all currencies, including XOF, XAF, ZAR, MWK, and EGP, were brought back online, while payment acceptance and account balances remained unaffected throughout the incident.

Dear Valued Merchant, Outbound NGN payouts, including transfers from your dashboard, are back online and processing normally, so you can safely resume NGN transfers. Outbound payouts remain temporarily paused in GHS, KES, UGX, ZMW, RWF, TZS, MWK, EGP, XOF, XAF, USD, GBP and EUR while we complete scheduled updates, and we are restoring them one at a time. Please avoid repeatedly retrying failed transfers in these currencies, as this could create duplicate payout attempts once they reopen. Payment acceptance is unaffected across all payment methods, and your account balances are secure. You may notice a delay in seeing recent balance history while it updates. We will share another update as more currencies are restored. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. Affected Services: Affected Markets: Global
Components affected
Flutterwave Payouts APIs

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RESOLVED about 20 hours ago - at 10/15/2026 10:13AM

We are pleased to confirm that XOF, XAF, ZAR, MWK and EGP are back online.

We sincerely apologize for the impact and thank you for your continued understanding.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 10/14/2026 02:20PM

We are aware of payout transactions from 13 October that are still showing as pending. The team is reconciling their statuses.

We’ll share updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 10/14/2026 02:15PM

Payouts in NGN, GHS, KES, UGX, ZMW, RWF, TZS, GBP, USD and EUR have been restored, alongside merchant settlements, mobile money payments and key account features. However, payouts in MWK, EGP, XOF, XAF and ZAR, stablecoin balance visibility, airtime and bill payments remain affected as recovery continues.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.

Affected Services:
Affected Markets: Global

IDENTIFIED 2 days ago - at 10/14/2026 10:47AM

Dear Valued Merchant,

KES payouts have been restored and are processing normally.

We apologize for the disruption and appreciate your patience and understanding.

IDENTIFIED 2 days ago - at 10/14/2026 09:42AM

Dear Valued Merchant,

Here is our latest progress as services return. Payouts are confirmed working in NGN, GHS, UGX, ZMW, RWF, TZS, GBP and EUR, Mobile money payments, Account features: Balance visibility (excluding stablecoins), balance history, statement generation, transaction status checks, bank lists, low-balance notifications These services are not yet available: USD payouts, KES, MWK, EGP, XOF, XAF and ZAR payouts are still being restored and checked, Airtime and bill payments remain temporarily unavailable, Stablecoin balance visibility.

Under Review: FX rate visibility discrepancies between the dashboard and API We will keep you informed as further services are confirmed.
Please contact our support team if you see problems with any service listed as restored.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

IDENTIFIED 2 days ago - at 10/13/2026 11:07PM

Dear Valued Merchant,

Outbound NGN payouts, including transfers from your dashboard, are back online and processing normally, so you can safely resume NGN transfers. Outbound payouts remain temporarily paused in GHS, KES, UGX, ZMW, RWF, TZS, MWK, EGP, XOF, XAF, USD, GBP and EUR while we complete scheduled updates, and we are restoring them one at a time. Please avoid repeatedly retrying failed transfers in these currencies, as this could create duplicate payout attempts once they reopen.

Payment acceptance is unaffected across all payment methods, and your account balances are secure.

You may notice a delay in seeing recent balance history while it updates. We will share another update as more currencies are restored.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Affected Services:
Affected Markets: Global

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