UPI users experienced widespread transaction failures across major apps like Paytm and Google Pay for the second time in two weeks. The outage peaked around 7.30 pm, affecting hundreds in fund transfers and payments. The National Payments Corporation of India did not acknowledge the outage, prompting user frustration on social media.
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