Users of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) are enraged because the payment system’s server appears to have had a problem. Taking to Twitter, some customers claimed that all platforms, including Google Pay and PhonePe, Paytm, and others that employ the UPI way of payment, are experiencing problems during transactions.
This comes as hundreds prepare for New Year’s Eve celebrations and do transactions mostly through UPI.
According to DownDetector.com, 60% of complainants reported problems with the app, 30% reported payment errors, and 10% reported problems with funds transfer. The complaints came from big cities including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Agra, Delhi, and Chandigarh, based on the map.
The official Twitter handle of Google Pay India posted, “Hi there, this might be due to the heavy traffic experienced by the bank servers. Can you try again after some time? Alternatively, you can try changing your UPI ID and re-attempt the payment.”
Hi there, this might be due to the heavy traffic experienced by the bank servers. Can you try again after some time? Alternatively, you can try changing your UPI ID and re-attempt the payment. You can find more details here: https://t.co/0Uif7hRJXa. Let us know! – Priya
— Google Pay India (@GooglePayIndia) December 31, 2022
Twitter users are outraged as Google Pay and Paytm have technical difficulties.
Waiting for this to happen. UPI down right before NYE celebrations begin
— Abhik Sengupta (@abhiksengupta) December 31, 2022
Why the whole #upi is down? #upi
— kunal mishra (@kunalmi182) December 31, 2022
UPI is down! pic.twitter.com/LVAMf36Kik
— Arvind singh (@arvindsiiingh) December 31, 2022
#KotakMahindraBank
Is your upi server is down now ? From 15min trying to do not happening
— Ankit Sinha (@AnkitsinhaSinha) December 31, 2022
Why was not working #UPI ..??
Total India was suffering from #UPI
#Server_Down_UPI @UPI_NPCI @PhonePe @GooglePA @Paytmcare #India_UPI
— Shiva Yadav….. (@shivayadav2322) December 31, 2022
UPI down ..
— Shubham Raut (@shubhamraut789) December 31, 2022