People are facing a lot of trouble in making UPI payments, payments are failing

People are facing a lot of problems while making UPI payments. The biggest issues are occurring with Google Pay. Ever since the Modi government introduced the slogan of a cashless India, people have been using less cash and relying more on digital payments. As a result, they are facing even more difficulties.

Moreover, withdrawing cash from ATMs incurs charges and can be inconvenient, which is why people prefer UPI payments. Nowadays, almost everyone has UPI apps like Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm on their mobile phones.

This is the main reason why people are experiencing significant issues.

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) faced a major disruption on Wednesday evening, leaving thousands of users unable to complete payments and fund transfers. Digital payment platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe were among the affected ones, with users flooding social media to report failed transactions.

According to Downdetector, complaints regarding UPI services surged past 23,000 after 7:00 PM, with the outage lasting for nearly an hour before services began stabilizing.

Amid growing concerns, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) issued a statement confirming that intermittent technical issues had led to partial transaction failures. However, the issue has now been resolved.

“NPCI had faced intermittent technical issues owing to which UPI had partial decline. The same has been addressed now and the system has stabilised. Regret the inconvenience,” the body said.

Many users had taken it to social media and said that digital payment platforms including GooglePay and PhonePe are not working for them and wondering if they are alone experiencing technical glitches.

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