Mumbai: Reports of widespread outages impacting Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions have surfaced, with numerous bank servers experiencing disruptions nationwide. Social media platforms have been inundated with user reports detailing these issues.

Additionally, Downdetector, a website monitoring service, has received reports regarding ongoing outages affecting UPI transactions, as well as disruptions at banks such as Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India (SBI), and others.

Several users have encountered difficulties with UPI payments through popular apps like Google Pay, PhonePe, BHIM, and Paytm. This problem has persisted for several hours, with reports dating back roughly three to four hours on the microblogging platform X. Collectively, these reports indicate a widespread outage affecting UPI functionality, rendering users unable to conduct transactions or transfer funds via UPI-enabled apps.

Users of various banks, including HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra, SBI, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and others, have reported encountering server issues while attempting UPI payments. Specific challenges with "Fund Transfer" functions within banks have been highlighted by users.

Despite numerous user reports, neither the banks nor the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have acknowledged the ongoing outage. No details have been provided regarding the cause of the issue or why users cannot make UPI payments through their bank accounts.