Transactions On Paytm, Google Pay, PhonePe Fail As UPI Servers Face Intermittent Glitch, Restored Later

The services were down owing to an "intermittent technical malfunction," according to an update published on social media by NPCI.

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New Delhi: Following a brief outage on January 9, the services of the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), the quick payment interface designed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), were restored.

The services were down owing to an "intermittent technical malfunction," according to an update published on social media by NPCI.

Taking to Twitter, NPCL said, "Regret the inconvenience to #UPI users due to intermittent technical glitch. #UPI is operational now, and we are monitoring the system closely."

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

Several customers took to Twitter to say that the UPI server was down and that they couldn't use digital wallets or online payment services like Google Pay or Paytm to make purchases. 

#UPI is down for last 2 hours. Payments are getting declined on all banks! 🥺

— Zehra calligraphy (@zehraavadh) January 9, 2022

Every UPI app is down 🥲 - Google Pay, Phonepe, Paytm and more #UPI

— Shubham Dutt (@shubhamdutt13) January 9, 2022

According to a tech reviewer, ICICI Bank has told its clients that their UPI system is unavailable due to maintenance.