{
  "id": 4743658,
  "title": "OPay Dismisses Viral Message Claiming Indefinite Shutdown from Today",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/opay-dismisses-viral-message-claiming-indefinite-shutdown-from-today",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T23:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/01/opay-dismisses-viral-message-claiming-indefinite-shutdown-from-today/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fintech firm OPay has categorically denied claims circulating online that the company will cease operations indefinitely starting from September 1, 2026. The company issued a statement on its official social media platform, urging customers and the public to disregard the viral message as misleading and false. OPay emphasized its ongoing operations and warned against the dissemination of unverified information online. The company advised the public to verify the source of any message before sharing it and to rely on its official social media channels for accurate updates. The clarification comes as unverified claims proliferate on social media platforms, prompting OPay to appeal to its customers to only trust information from its confirmed sources, as highlighted under the hashtag #OPayisOkay.",
  "summary": "Sunday Ehigiator Fintech company OPay has dismissed as false a message circulating on social media claiming that the company will embark on an indefinite break from today, September 1, 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "OPay dismisses viral shutdown claim, says services continue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/opay-dismisses-viral-shutdown-claim-says-services-continue",
        "published": "2026-08-31T23:50:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}