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Paystack is having a minor outage
We're currently observing a high rate of failures for card transactions issued by UBA, as well as transfers to UBA bank accounts. This is due to a downtime on UBA's end. We've informed their team...
IsDown has tracked 379 incidents since started monitoring Paystack downtimes in June 2021. We are also collecting data from 4000+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage.
3 days ago · lasted about 3 hours
We are experiencing delays in confirming deposits for transactions, top-ups and payments made to Paystack Titan Virtual Accounts. We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and will provide an update as soon as it has been resolved.
4 days ago · ongoing
We're currently experiencing downtimes from Zenith Bank and Union Bank, affecting Direct Debit. As a result, you may encounter errors when attempting to debit accounts from either bank. What does this mean for you? - Attempts to charge bank acc...
We've tracked and collected 379 incidents since started monitoring Paystack status
This chart displays the number of user-reported Paystack problems over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem.
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Ronald
We have been having delays in receiving webhooks for about 3 weeks now.
Obokparoghene
I can’t pay my utility bills
PAUL
I have been trying to make some payment but I always get this message "Unable to process transaction" both mtn ghana and telecel.
Adenike
It’s not allowing my payments to go through, keeps going to a black error page
Esther
Is not paying. It's not available
Joseph
I having issues sending money to paystack,
Number of Incidents
19 issues
Last incident
2 days ago
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IsDown monitors Paystack for major outages. A major outage is when Paystack experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. When Paystack marks an incident as a major outage, IsDown updates its internal status, the customer status page and dashboard. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.
IsDown monitors Paystack status page for minor outages. A minor outage is when Paystack experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. When a minor outage occurs, IsDown updates its internal status and shares that information on the customer status page. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.
IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Paystack status page to provide the most accurate information. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.
Paystack publishes scheduled maintenance events on their status page. IsDown collects all the information for each event and creates a feed that people can follow to ensure they are not surprised by unexpected downtime or problems. We also send the feed in our weekly report, alerting the next maintenances that will take place.
IsDown monitors Paystack and all their 11 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.
Paystack and other vendors don't always report outages on time. Our crowdsourced status platform helps you stay ahead of outages. Users report issues and outages, sharing details on what problems they are facing. We use that info to provide early signs of outages. This way, even without an official update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.
Paystack is down. You can check Paystack status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Paystack official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.
Paystack seems to be having problems. You can check Paystack status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.
Yes, there is an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.
Yes, Paystack might be slow has there's an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.
IsDown monitors the Paystack official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.
Paystack last outage was on May 10, 2025 with the title "Nigeria: United Bank for Africa(UBA) downtime"
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