Overview
- UPI, India’s instant bank‑to‑bank payment system, which faltered Wednesday, left many users unable to finish transactions.
- Downdetector showed a sharp spike in complaints, with State Bank of India crossing 500 reports as UCO Bank logged about 40 and counts continued to rise.
- SBI said a planned maintenance window now runs until 12:30 pm on April 1 and warned that UPI, IMPS, YONO, internet banking, NEFT and RTGS could be disrupted.
- The bank asked customers to use UPI Lite for small payments, the eRupee central bank digital currency app, or ATMs as workarounds during the outage.
- Users across New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Pune reported failed or stuck payments, with UCO Bank issues concentrated in Delhi, Jaipur and Kolkata and SBI problems also noted in Kolkata, Guwahati and Chennai.