Outage in Paystack
Delay in Transfers and Direct Debit Transactions
Resolved MinorIncident Report
Transfers to bank accounts in Nigeria may experience a delay due to a downtime with Nigeria's central Transfers Switch.
You might also experience:
- Delays in confirming deposits for transactions, top-ups, and payments made to Virtual Account numbers.
- Increased failures with Direct Debit transactions.
We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and will provide an update as soon as it has been resolved.
Components affected
Paystack Virtual Account Numbers Paystack Pay with Transfer transactions Paystack TransfersTrusted by 1000+ teams
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED
8 months ago - at 08/24/2025 06:38AM
This incident has been resolved.
MONITORING
8 months ago - at 08/23/2025 07:59PM
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
INVESTIGATING
8 months ago - at 08/23/2025 06:01PM
Transfers to bank accounts in Nigeria may experience a delay due to a downtime with Nigeria's central Transfers Switch.
You might also experience:
- Delays in confirming deposits for transactions, top-ups, and payments made to Virtual Account numbers.
- Increased failures with Direct Debit transactions.
We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and will provide an update as soon as it has been resolved.
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