Outage in Paystack
Nigeria: Delayed NIBSS Processing
Resolved Major
April 16, 2026 - Started about 14 hours ago
- Lasted about 9 hours
Incident Report
We are currently experiencing a downtime with the central switch in Nigeria. As a result, you may notice:1. Delays in transfers to Paystack Titan and Wema-managed accounts via both Pay with Transfer (PwT) and Dedicated Virtual Accounts (DVA).2. Delays in processing outward transfers to **all bank accounts**.3. Increased failures when linking bank accounts for Direct Debit4. Increased failures when trying to make Direct Debit paymentsOur team is actively working with partners to resolve this issue and will provide updates as soon as service is fully restored.
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IDENTIFIED
about 14 hours ago - at 04/16/2026 12:45PM
We are currently experiencing a downtime with the central switch in Nigeria. As a result, you may notice:1. Delays in transfers to Paystack Titan and Wema-managed accounts via both Pay with Transfer (PwT) and Dedicated Virtual Accounts (DVA).2. Delays in processing outward transfers to **all bank accounts**.3. Increased failures when linking bank accounts for Direct Debit4. Increased failures when trying to make Direct Debit paymentsOur team is actively working with partners to resolve this issue and will provide updates as soon as service is fully restored.
MONITORING
about 10 hours ago - at 04/16/2026 04:31PM
We are seeing improved successes in processing transactions and transfers. We will continue to monitor and share updates as we have them.
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