UPI Outage Sparks Frustration Again, Raises Concerns Over Reliability

India’s widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI) faced another major outage, marking the second disruption within a week. The unexpected failure led to a surge in failed transactions, leaving users frustrated as payments across retail stores, mobile apps, and e-commerce platforms came to an abrupt halt.

As millions rely on UPI for daily financial transactions, social media was flooded with complaints from affected users. Many expressed concerns over the reliability of the system, questioning its ability to handle India’s rapidly expanding digital economy.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which operates UPI, attributed the issue to “intermittent server glitches.” However, the recurrence of such failures is raising serious concerns about the payment system’s overall infrastructure and stability. With UPI handling billions of transactions each month, experts warn that the system could be struggling to keep up with growing demand.

Cybersecurity analysts suggest that while technical glitches ...