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Global Financial Service Disruptions

M-PESA (as listed by Paystack under Ghana)

fintech · KE · Africa

UnexplainedStatus: resolvedTier 2Severity 1 of 5Evidence confidence: lowAnalyst-verified

Paystack logged most M-PESA mobile money payments failing for about four hours overnight 11 to 12 Oct 2026, under a 'Ghana' title.

First disruption
Oct 11 20:51 UTC
First public signal
unknown
Acknowledged
unknown
Restored
Oct 12 01:07 UTC
Duration
4.27 hours
DFX first recorded
Nov 5 14:58 UTC

What was restricted

depositsScope: single service

Cause, kept in separate layers

What the institution said
Most M-PESA mobile money payments failing due to M-PESA platform downtime
DFX classification
Unexplained (cyber: unconfirmed)
Conflicting reports
Title says Ghana, but M-PESA is a Kenyan rail (Vodafone Ghana is now Telecel); country assignment uncertain.

Evidence