Payfast Status

All Systems Operational

General Operational

General Information Operational

Help Desk Operational

Main Website (external host) Operational

Aggregation Callbacks/ITN Operational

Aggregation Developer Documents Operational

Aggregation Donation Page for NPO's Operational

Aggregation Emails Operational

Aggregation Immediate Payouts Operational

Aggregation Merchant Dashboard Operational

Aggregation New User payments Operational

Aggregation Payouts Operational

Aggregation Reconciliation Reports Operational

Aggregation Refunds Operational

Aggregation Sandbox (test platform) Operational

Gateway Developer Documents Operational

Gateway email processing Operational

Gateway MAP Operational

Gateway PCS Payouts Operational

Gateway Reconciliation Reports Operational

General Maintenance Aggregation (non Product specific) Operational

General Maintenance Gateway (non Product specific) Operational

Aggregation Processing (non Payment method specific) Operational

Gateway Processing (non Payment method specific) Operational

Integrations and APIs Operational

Aggregation Button/Link payments Operational

Aggregation Shopify Operational

Aggregation WooCommerce Operational

Aggregation Xero Operational

Gateway Core3 Operational

Gateway PayBatch Operational

Gateway PayBill Operational

Gateway PayHost Operational

Gateway PayWeb3 Operational

Gateway Shopify Operational

Gateway WooCommerce Operational

Payfast Aggregation: Alternative Payment Methods Operational

Apple Pay Operational

Mobicred Operational

MoreTyme Operational

Original Debit card payment method Operational

Mukuru Cash Operational

Payflex Operational

Samsung Pay Operational

Scan to Pay Operational

SCode Operational

SnapScan Operational

Store Cards (RCS) Operational

Zapper Operational

Payfast Aggregation: Cards Operational

3D Secure Operational

Absa involved transactions Operational

Aggregation Card Updates Operational

American Express involved transactions Operational

Bidvest involved transactions Operational

Capitec involved transactions Operational

Discovery involved transactions Operational

FNB involved transactions Operational

Investec involved transactions Operational

Multi-Currency Pricing Operational

Nedbank involved transactions Operational

Recurring Payments Operational

Standard Bank involved transactions Operational

Payfast Aggregation: Instant EFT Operational

Absa Pay Operational

Bidvest Bank Operational

Capitec Pay Operational

FNB Operational

Investec Operational

Nedbank Operational

Standard Bank Operational

Tyme Bank Operational

Payfast Aggregation: Point of Sale Operational

In-store payments Operational

Payfast Gateway: Alternative Payment Methods Operational

Apple Pay Operational

Mobicred Operational

Momopay Operational

PayPal Operational

Samsung Pay Operational

Scan to Pay Operational

Store Cards (RCS) Operational

Visa Checkout Operational

Zapper Operational

Google Pay Operational

Payfast Gateway: Cards Operational

3D Secure Operational

Absa involved transactions Operational

American Express involved transactions Operational

Bidvest involved transactions Operational

Capitec involved transactions Operational

Discovery involved transactions Operational

FNB involved transactions Operational

Investec involved transactions Operational

Multi-Currency Pricing Operational

Nedbank involved transactions Operational

Standard Bank involved transactions Operational

Payfast Gateway: SiD Operational

Absa Pay Operational

Bidvest Bank Operational

Capitec Pay Operational

Discovery Bank Operational

FNB Operational

Investec Bank Operational

Nedbank Operational

Standard Bank Operational

Tyme Bank Operational

Payfast Gateway: Point of Sale Operational

In-store payments Operational

Operational

Degraded Performance

Partial Outage

Major Outage

Maintenance

Past Incidents

Apr 24, 2026

No incidents reported today.

Apr 23, 2026

POS processing problems

Resolved - This problem affecting POS transactions has been resolved with full functionality restored to the service on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms.
Apr 23, 15:05 SAST

Identified - An issue with Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions has been identified.
Team are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
Apr 23, 13:54 SAST

Apr 22, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 21, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 20, 2026

Gateway System Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 20, 05:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 20, 02:00 SAST

Scheduled - Payfast Gateway platform will be undergoing maintenance on Monday the 20th April 2026 from 2am-5am.

During this period, processing via Gateway system will not be accessible.
Apr 16, 07:32 SAST

Apr 19, 2026

Absa Pay failures

Resolved - Absa Pay problems have been resolved on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms.
Apr 19, 08:07 SAST

Monitoring - Absa Pay is currently disabled as the problem is being attended to.
Apr 18, 11:08 SAST

Identified - A problem with Absa Pay transactions on the Aggregation and Gateway platforms has been identified.
We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
Apr 18, 08:32 SAST

Apr 18, 2026

Absa Pay maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 18, 06:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 18, 00:00 SAST

Scheduled - Absa will be doing maintenance on the Absa Pay product on Saturday 18th April 2026 from 12am for 6 hours.

During this time, the payment method will not be available on either the Aggregation or Gateway SID platforms.
Apr 15, 12:45 SAST

Apr 17, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 16, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 15, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 14, 2026

Aggregation System Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 14, 05:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 14, 03:00 SAST

Scheduled - The Aggregation Platform will be undergoing maintenance on Tuesday 14th April, from 03:00-05:00.

During this window, we do not expect any downtime. Teams will be online should any issue arise.
Apr 9, 11:31 SAST

Apr 13, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 12, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 11, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 10, 2026

Immediate Payout Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 10, 02:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 9, 21:00 SAST

Scheduled - An External Partner will be undergoing a maintenance window on Thursday 09th April 2026 from 21:00 till 02:00 on Friday the 10th April 2026.

During this time, Immediate Payouts on the Aggregation Platform will be disabled.
Standard Payouts will still be available during this time.
Apr 9, 10:43 SAST