Absa Card maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Payfast

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Posted Jul 12, 2026 - 05:10 SAST

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Posted Jul 11, 2026 - 23:00 SAST

Update

We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.

Posted Jul 10, 2026 - 19:34 SAST

Scheduled

Absa will be performing maintenance on their card payment system on 11th and 12th of July 2026 for 6 hours.

Start time:23h00
End time:05h10

Channels not available during the software release.
ABSA online banking
Card Not Present
Mobile Banking Application

During this time, card payments involving Absa may intermittently experience processing problems on both Aggregation and Gateway platforms.

Posted Jul 10, 2026 - 19:33 SAST

This scheduled maintenance affected: Payfast Aggregation: Instant EFT (Absa Pay), Payfast Gateway: SiD (Absa Pay), Payfast Gateway: Cards (Absa involved transactions), and Payfast Aggregation: Cards (Absa involved transactions).