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SBI Announces 45-Minute UPI Outage With Timing Discrepancy

SBI Announces 45-Minute UPI Outage With Timing Discrepancy
SBI user alert: UPI outage scheduled for September 4; what you need to know · livemint.com

State Bank of India plans to perform maintenance on its UPI payment system on September 4, 2026.

During the maintenance, some customers may not be able to make regular UPI payments.

The two reports list different 45-minute time windows for the outage.

One says it will be from 12:30 a.m.

to 1:15 a.m., while the other says 12:15 a.m.

to 1:00 a.m.

SBI says the work could finish early.

People can use UPI Lite for small payments during the disruption.

UPI Lite allows payments up to ₹1,000 without entering a UPI PIN each time.

Customers can also use another payment method or complete urgent payments before the outage.

Key facts

Maintenance date
September 4, 2026
Reported outage windows
12:30–1:15 a.m. IST in one report; 12:15–1:00 a.m. IST in another
Outage duration
45 minutes
UPI Lite transaction limit
₹1,000 per transaction
UPI Lite maximum balance
₹5,000
Standard UPI value limit
₹1,00,000 per transaction and combined daily P2P and P2M limit
P2P transaction count
Up to 20 transactions per day
Higher specified limits
Up to ₹2,00,000 for insurance and capital-market payments, and up to ₹5,00,000 for specified IPO, tax, hospital and education payments

Quotes

State Bank of India

India’s largest lender and provider of the UPI services discussed in the article

“Due to scheduled maintenance activity, SBI UPI services will be temporarily unavailable from 00:30 hrs to 01:15 hrs on 04.09.2026 (IST),”
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