The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced a scheduled maintenance activity that will lead to a brief disruption in Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services on August 6, 2025 for a certain duration.
State Bank of India (SBI) has informed that its UPI services will not be available for 20 minutes from 1:00 AM to 1:20 AM on August 6, 2025, due to scheduled maintenance. During this time, customers can still use UPI Lite for making payments.
According to SBI’s official notice on social media X, “Due to scheduled maintenance activity, SBI UPI services will be temporarily unavailable from 01:00 hrs to 01:20 hrs on 06.08.2025 (IST). Customers may continue to use UPI Lite Services for uninterrupted service. We regret the inconvenience caused to our customers.”
To ensure continued digital payment support during the downtime, SBI has advised customers to use UPI Lite, which remains fully functional even when the main UPI channel is under maintenance.
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