PayFast Status

All Systems Operational

Credit & Cheque cards Operational

Credit and Cheque Card payments Operational

Recurring payments Operational

Instant EFT Operational

Capitec Operational

FNB Operational

Standard Bank Operational

Absa Operational

Nedbank Operational

Tyme Bank Operational

Investec Operational

African Bank Operational

Bidvest Bank Operational

Other payment methods Operational

Snapscan Operational

Masterpass Operational

Zapper Operational

Debit Cards Operational

Store Cards Operational

Mobicred Operational

MoreTyme Operational

SCode Operational

Integrations Operational

Shopify Operational

WooCommerce Operational

Xero Operational

Integrations and APIs Operational

Shopify Subscriptions Operational

General Operational

Payouts Operational

HelpDesk Operational

PayFast Dashboard Operational

Main Website Operational

Developer documentation Operational

Operational

Degraded Performance

Partial Outage

Major Outage

Maintenance

Past Incidents

Feb 5, 2023

No incidents reported today.

Feb 4, 2023

No incidents reported.

Feb 3, 2023

Degraded Nedbank approval rates.

Resolved - Nedbank approval rates have returned to normal as of 18:50. We are continuing to actively monitor.
Feb 3, 19:04 SAST

Monitoring - An issue with 3D Secure verification is currently affecting Nedbank acquiring. This is resulting in a degraded success rate on card transactions. The matter is being resolved with our Upstream Partners.
Feb 3, 16:15 SAST

Credit Card Payments Degraded success rates

Resolved - 3dSecure verification has returned to normal, allowing card payments to occur. We are continuing to monitor actively
Feb 3, 14:34 SAST

Update - The issue is still ongoing. We are continuing to monitor and liaise with Upstream partners for resolution.
Feb 3, 13:25 SAST

Update - Update: The issue is ongoing, We are seeing some successes, but there is an escalated decline rate.
Feb 3, 11:27 SAST

Monitoring - We are seeing some successful payments, but many are still failing 3dSecure verification.
Feb 3, 09:14 SAST

Investigating - 3dSecure verification is down affecting most credit card payments across all banks. We are engaging with our Upstream Partners to resolve the situation.
This started at 6:30am.
Feb 3, 06:30 SAST

Feb 2, 2023

No incidents reported.

Feb 1, 2023

Degraded EFT Payments

Resolved - We have diverted traffic away from the Upstream partner that was the source of the problem, the Instant EFT system has since stabilized. We are continuing to actively monitor the situation.
Feb 1, 09:52 SAST

Identified - An issue with EFT payments has been identified, It is being investigated with urgency. Other payment methods are operational.
Feb 1, 06:00 SAST

Jan 31, 2023

No incidents reported.

Jan 30, 2023

No incidents reported.

Jan 29, 2023

No incidents reported.

Jan 28, 2023

No incidents reported.

Jan 27, 2023

Intermittent Processing issues for EFT

Resolved - There was an intermittent issue processing EFT transactions on Payfast. The issue was resolved on 27 January 2023.
Jan 27, 15:00 SAST

Jan 26, 2023

No incidents reported.

Jan 25, 2023

No incidents reported.

Jan 24, 2023

3D Processing Outage

Resolved - Processing has returned to normal, We are continuing to monitor the system.
Jan 24, 12:39 SAST

Identified - The issue has been identified at 10h21. We are continuing to monitor actively. All payments going through 3D secure are affected.
Jan 24, 10:56 SAST

Jan 23, 2023

No incidents reported.

Jan 22, 2023

No incidents reported.