Current answer
Payfast experienced a major incident: Immediate Payouts disabled. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Sep 9, 2026.
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Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
Aggregation Immediate Payouts
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Sep 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM UTC
Identified
An issue with Immediate Payouts processing on Aggregation has been identified.
We are in contact with External partners on the matter.
For the moment, kindly use the other payout method if needed on the Aggregation Platform.
We are in contact with External partners on the matter.
For the moment, kindly use the other payout method if needed on the Aggregation Platform.
Sep 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC
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