State Bank of India announced that its digital banking services will be temporarily unavailable for 45 minutes on Saturday, October 24, 2026. According to reports from The Economic Times, the maintenance window is scheduled from 1:45 am to 2:30 am IST on October 24, 2026. The bank has advised customers to use UPI Lite and ATM services during this maintenance period.
The scheduled maintenance will impact multiple digital banking services including UPI, IMPS, YONO, internet banking, NEFT and RTGS. As reported by The Economic Times, SBI stated that these services will be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance activity. The bank has apologized for any inconvenience caused and thanked customers for their patience during this maintenance window.
This maintenance announcement comes days after SBI disclosed a suspected data exposure involving customer records found on the dark web. According to a regulatory filing on October 21, the bank received communications on October 16 from its Threat Intelligence Service Provider, the Defence Cyber Agency and CERT-In regarding an alert about the suspected exposure of customer data. During preliminary analysis of approximately 3.75 lakh records available on the dark web, 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information were identified.
The exposed information reportedly included customers' registered mobile numbers, dates of birth, names, gender, email addresses, residential addresses, branch and CIF identifiers, lead IDs, and metadata associated with loan and lead records. As reported by The Economic Times, SBI stated that a detailed investigation is required to establish the authenticity and completeness of the exposed data, determine the potential source and extent of the exposure, and assess the associated risks to customers and the bank.
SBI Cards Payment Services shares experienced significant volatility, falling 6.23% to ₹531.00 in today's trading session. The stock hit a 52-week low of ₹526.40 on the NSE, with trading volumes of 88,385 shares compared to its five-day average of 132,322 shares, representing a 33.20% decrease in trading activity. Despite the stock decline, SBI Cards reported strong financial results with a 74.8% year-on-year jump in net profit to ₹778 crore from ₹445 crore, while revenue increased 3.6% to ₹5,140.5 crore from ₹4,961 crore in the previous year.
