Is Paystack Down?

This page shows the live Paystack status so you can confirm in seconds if Paystack is down.

Paystack current status

Updated a few minutes ago

Paystack is having a minor outage

Nigeria: United Bank for Africa(UBA) downtime

started 2 days ago

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...

Paystack incident history

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.

  • May 08 2025

    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.

  • May 08 2025

    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...

  • Jun 2021 ...
    IsDown started monitoring Paystack status

    We've tracked and collected 379 incidents since started monitoring Paystack status

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Paystack user-reported issues in the last 24 hours

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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Latest user comments about Paystack issues

  • R

    Ronald

    Webhooks

    We have been having delays in receiving webhooks for about 3 weeks now.

  • O

    Obokparoghene

    I can’t pay my utility bills

  • P

    PAUL

    I have been trying to make some payment but I always get this message "Unable to process transaction" both mtn ghana and telecel.

  • A

    Adenike

    It’s not allowing my payments to go through, keeps going to a black error page

  • E

    Esther

    Is not paying. It's not available

  • J

    Joseph

    I having issues sending money to paystack,

Paystack outages in the last 30 days

Number of Incidents

19 issues

Last incident

2 days ago

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Having problems with Paystack? What can you do?

  1. First, stay calm.

    • We know it's stressful when Paystack is down, but running around is not going to fix it.
    • Remember that it's normal for services to go down sometimes. It can be for a number of reasons, from maintenance to unexpected issues.
  2. Make a quick evaluation of the impact of the Paystack outage

    • Try to evaluate the impact of the outage on your business. Is it impacting a majority of your users or just a few?
    • Did Paystack already acknowledge the issue? And published a status update? (You can find it in the top of the page or in Paystack status page)
    • If not, understand if other users are also experiencing issues. You can also check this information on the top of the page.
  3. Communicate with your team and users quickly

    • If Paystack is having problems and impacting your business, it's important to keep your team and users informed.
    • Share this page with your team, so you can start incident response procedures. No need for everyone to go around searching for information. Create a post or a specific channel in your internal communication tools (Slack, Teams, Google Chat, etc.) so you can aggregate all the information in one place.
    • If you have a status page, create a status update to inform your users about the issue. This way they know what's going on and you can avoid a flow of support requests overburding your team.
  4. Understand the root cause

    • After the first communication, let's move on to the next step. Do a more thorough investigation to understand the root cause of the issue and impact.
    • Reach out to the service provider to understand if they are aware of the issue and if they are already working on it. You can reach them in their support channels, or their social media channels if they have any.
  5. Is there any mitigation for the issue?

    • Understand if there are workarounds or mitigations for the issue. Can you use a different provider? Is the switch easy to do? Talk with your team to understand the best course of action.
    • Need to wait on the service provider to fix the issue? Understand if there is a timeline for the fix. Adapt your communication with your team and users to the situation. It's very important to keep everyone informed.
  6. Did Paystack recover?

    • Continue to monitor the situation. A lot of times, the service can see a brief recovery and declare the issue as resolved, but it can come back. Keep monitor for some time to make sure it's really resolved.
  7. Post-incident analysis

    • Once the issue is resolved, it's important to do a post-incident analysis. Understand what went wrong and if it's possible or needed to do something to prevent it from happening again.
    • Sometimes if it's a critical dependency, you might need to have a backup plan in place to avoid a similar issue.
    • Vendors usually publish post-mortem analysis reports, so keep an eye on their social media channels and website for more information.
  8. Prepare for the next incident, because it will happen again

    • Start monitoring your dependencies. Sign up to IsDown and aggregate all your dependencies status in one place.
    • Nowadays, it's very common to have a lot of dependencies, and keeping an eye on them is not an easy task. IsDown can help you with that, by aggregating and monitoring all dependencies status and alerting you if they are having issues. Create status pages to communicate with your team and users.

Want to be informed about Paystack status changes?

IsDown offers an easy way to monitor Paystack with maximum flexibility

Major Outages Notifications

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.

Minor Outages 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.

Outage Details

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.

Maintenance Feed

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.

Component Filtering

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.

Early Outage Indicators

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Paystack down today?

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.

What is the current Paystack status?

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.

Is there a Paystack outage now?

Yes, there is an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.

Is Paystack slow today?

Yes, Paystack might be slow has there's an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.

How are Paystack outages detected?

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.

When was the last Paystack outage?

Paystack last outage was on May 10, 2025 with the title "Nigeria: United Bank for Africa(UBA) downtime"

Paystack not working for you? How do I know if Paystack is down?

How can I check Paystack status and outages?

Why use IsDown to monitor Paystack instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Paystack and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if a service is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information. The integration allows us to provide more details about the outage, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.

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