The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI )’s instant payment gateway, Unified Payment Interface, has been unavailable for nearly an hour.
Since then, some users have reported that the UPI server is down and that they are unable to perform any transactions using digital wallets or online payment services like Google Pay and Paytm.
Regret the inconvenience to #UPI users due to intermittent technical glitch. #UPI is operational now, and we are monitoring system closely.
— NPCI (@NPCI_NPCI) January 9, 2022
ICICI Bank has reportedly notified that its UPI system is down due to maintenance activities.
Is it just me or multiple bank servers/UPI are down?
— Nehal Chaliawala (@Nehal_ET) January 9, 2022
Tech reviewer Nitin Agarwal tweeted on January 9: “Yes, ICICI Bank has notified that its UPI system is down because of maintenance activities. Not sure about other apps though. Didn’t know they work on Sundays too but doing such activities actually makes sense on weekends though.”
