UPI server down once again, thousands of PhonePe, Google Pay users troubled

UPI (Unified Payments Interface) has gone down once again on a Saturday morning in India. As a result of such an issue with UPI, digital payments are not possible for millions of users. This unexpected issue has severely impacted people as well as merchants making payments through the most popular applications such as PhonePe, Google Pay, and Paytm.

According to the data of DownDetector, about 1,168 complaints were registered about UPI service till noon. Out of these, 96 users reported problems on Google Pay and 23 on Paytm. There has been no official statement from UPI on this issue yet, but it has been down several times in the last few days.

Earlier, on March 26, there was a huge technical glitch in the UPI service, when users of different UPI apps were unable to make transactions for about 2 to 3 hours. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) attributed this problem to technical difficulties, which affected the digital payment process of common users and merchants across the country.