Payfast Status

All Systems Operational

General 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 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 MAP Operational

Gateway PCS Payouts Operational

Gateway Reconciliation Reports Operational

Gateway email processing Operational

General Maintenance Aggregation (non Product specific) Operational

General Maintenance Gateway (non Product 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 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

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

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 Operational

African Bank 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

Payfast Gateway: Cards Operational

3D Secure Operational

Absa involved transactions Operational

Bidvest involved transactions Operational

Capitec involved transactions Operational

Discovery involved transactions Operational

FNB involved transactions Operational

Investec involved transactions Operational

Nedbank involved transactions Operational

Standard Bank involved transactions Operational

American Express involved transactions Operational

Payfast Gateway: SiD Operational

Absa Operational

African Bank 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, 2025

No incidents reported today.

Apr 23, 2025

No incidents reported.

Apr 22, 2025

No incidents reported.

Apr 21, 2025

No incidents reported.

Apr 20, 2025

No incidents reported.

Apr 19, 2025

No incidents reported.

Apr 18, 2025

No incidents reported.

Apr 17, 2025

Immediate Payout Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 17, 03:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 17, 00:00 SAST

Scheduled - An External Partner will be undergoing maintenance from 12am on the 17th April 2025 for 3 hours.
During this time, Immediate Payout requests for Aggregation Merchants will not be available.
Apr 16, 11:29 SAST

Apr 16, 2025

NPO donation page under maintenance

Resolved - The NPO donation page is operational again.
Apr 16, 12:46 SAST

Monitoring - The charity donation page has been temporarily disabled for maintenance. Donations to NPO's are still available via the relevant merchant integrations.
Apr 10, 15:30 SAST

Immediate Payout Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 16, 03:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 16, 00:00 SAST

Scheduled - An External Partner will be undergoing maintenance from 12am on the 16th April 2025 for 3 hours.
During this time, Immediate Payout requests for Aggregation Merchants will not be available.
Apr 15, 10:48 SAST

Apr 15, 2025

3D Secure degradation

Resolved - This problem has been resolved on 3D Secure.
Apr 15, 07:55 SAST

Identified - A problem on the 3D Secure leg of card transactions affecting Nedbank card holders has been identified,
We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
Apr 15, 07:31 SAST

Service Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 15, 00:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 14, 22:00 SAST

Scheduled - We will be doing System Maintenance on 14 April 2025 (tonight) from 10pm for 2 hours.
We expect no service disruption disruption during this time and teams will be on-hand should any materialize.
Apr 14, 13:43 SAST

Apr 14, 2025

Apr 13, 2025

3D Secure Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 13, 06:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 13, 00:00 SAST

Scheduled - 3D Secure will be undergoing maintenance on Sunday 13th April 2025 from 12am for 6 hours. During this time, users may intermittently experience problems completing the 3D Secure of card transactions.
Apr 12, 12:05 SAST

Capitec Pay Maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 13, 03:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 13, 01:00 SAST

Scheduled - Capitec Pay will be undergoing Maintenance on Sunday 13th April 2025 from 1am for 2 hours.
During this time, Capitec Pay will be unavailable.
Apr 12, 12:02 SAST

Apr 12, 2025

No incidents reported.

Apr 11, 2025

3D Secure degradation

Resolved - This problem affecting the 3D Secure leg of card transactions has been resolved.
Apr 11, 18:55 SAST

Identified - A problem for Absa card-holders completing the 3D Secure leg of card transactions has been identified.
We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
Apr 11, 18:29 SAST

Degradation for Point of Sale transactions

Resolved - This problem has been resolved for Point of Sale transactions.
Apr 11, 12:56 SAST

Identified - An increase in declines affecting POS transactions has been noted. We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
Apr 11, 11:15 SAST

Apr 10, 2025

Immediate Payout maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 10, 23:00 SAST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 10, 21:00 SAST

Scheduled - An External Partner will be undergoing maintenance from 9pm on 10th April 2025 for 2 hours.
During this time, Immediate Payout requests for Aggregation Merchants will not be available.
Apr 9, 12:30 SAST