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State Bank of India Restores Digital Services After Hours-Long Outage

The undisclosed root cause of the outage underscores concerns about the resilience of India’s banking network

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Overview

  • SBI’s YONO, RTGS, NEFT, UPI, Internet Banking and IMPS platforms went offline around 1:00 IST on July 2 due to a technical glitch
  • Over 400 customers reported disruptions on DownDetector, highlighting widespread reliance on SBI’s digital channels
  • The bank directed users to UPI Lite and ATM or debit card transactions as interim alternatives during the downtime
  • All affected services resumed by 14:00 IST, beating the initially projected recovery time of 14:30 IST
  • SBI has not disclosed the nature of the fault, renewing concerns over the robustness of its digital infrastructure