Gateway System Emergency Maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Payfast

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted May 20, 2026 - 05:00 SAST

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted May 20, 2026 - 02:00 SAST

Scheduled

Payfast Gateway platform will be undergoing emergency maintenance on Wednesday the 20th May 2026 from 2am-5am.

During this period, processing via Gateway platform will not be accessible.
Teams will be online should any issues arise.
Posted May 19, 2026 - 12:04 SAST
This scheduled maintenance affected: Payfast Gateway: Alternative Payment Methods (Apple Pay, Mobicred, Momopay, PayPal, Samsung Pay, Scan to Pay, Store Cards (RCS), Visa Checkout, Zapper, Google Pay), Payfast Gateway: Cards (3D Secure, Absa involved transactions, American Express involved transactions, Bidvest involved transactions, Capitec involved transactions, Discovery involved transactions, FNB involved transactions, Investec involved transactions, Multi-Currency Pricing, Nedbank involved transactions, Standard Bank involved transactions), Integrations and APIs (Gateway Core3, Gateway PayBatch, Gateway PayBill, Gateway PayHost, Gateway PayWeb3, Gateway Shopify, Gateway WooCommerce), and General (Gateway email processing, Gateway MAP, Gateway PCS Payouts, Gateway Reconciliation Reports, General Maintenance Gateway (non Product specific), Gateway Processing (non Payment method specific)).