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Global Financial Service Disruptions
Nigerian card processing partner (unnamed; Verve/Interswitch rails implied where Verve named)
payment processor · NG · Africa
UnexplainedStatus: resolvedTier 2Severity 1 of 5Evidence confidence: mediumAnalyst-verified
Paystack status: Increased failures on Nigerian cards, especially Verve, partner downtime, 2026-10-11T09:35Z to 2026-10-11T10:16Z. Processor not named; visible only through Paystack.
- First disruption
- Oct 11 09:35 UTC
- First public signal
- unknown
- Acknowledged
- Oct 11 09:35 UTC
- Restored
- Oct 11 10:16 UTC
- Duration
- 0.68 hours
- DFX first recorded
- Nov 5 14:58 UTC
What was restricted
card authScope: single service
Online card payments by Nigerian cardholders failed or had elevated failure rates at Paystack merchants.
Cause, kept in separate layers
- What the institution said
- Increased failures on Nigerian cards, especially Verve, partner downtime
- DFX classification
- Unexplained (cyber: unconfirmed)
Evidence
- Paystack status page (Atom feed) · 2026-11-05