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79.4%of 34 verified observed days had no reported provider issue
90-Day Trend
Dashed calendar markers below identify legacy observations whose source-at-observation was not recorded.
Monthly Status Summary
Month
Issue-free days
Days Tracked
Days with issues
September 2026
76.9%
26
6
This percentage summarizes normalized provider-status observations by calendar day. It is not duration-based, component-weighted, or contractual uptime. See the methodology and limitations.
Recorded Daily Status (Last 91 Days)
Jul 3Today
Legacy observation Operational Degraded Partial Outage Major Outage Maintenance No Data
Immediate Payouts have been disabled for the moment on Aggregation. We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
In the meantime, please go ahead with the normal payouts.
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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.
A problem with FnB Payments on both Gateway SiD and Aggregation Instant EFT has been identified. We are in contact with External Partners on the problem
A problem with FnB Payments on both Gateway SiD and Aggregation Instant EFT has been identified. We are in contact with External Partners on the problem.
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.
Legacy Incident Archive
16 archived records restored. These records predate source-at-observation attestation. They are shown as historical ServiceAlert records only and do not establish a provider-reported incident, resolution, duration, or current active state.
June 2026
Mobicred issues
minorSource not attested
Last archived state: resolved
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identified
Mobicred is currently experiencing processing problems on both the Aggregation and Gateway Platforms.
We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
May 2026
Capitec Pay Outage
majorSource not attested
Last archived state: resolved
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identified
A problem with Capitec Pay transactions on both the Aggregation and Gateway Platforms has been identified.
We are in contact with External Partners on the problem.
Standard Bank EFT payments
Source not attested
Last archived state: resolved
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identified
Standard Bank EFT payments are currently disabled, the payment option is under maintenance.
April 2026
POS processing problems
criticalSource not attested
Last archived state: resolved
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identified
An issue with Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions has been identified.
Team are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
Absa Pay failures
majorSource not attested
Last archived state: resolved
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monitoring
Absa Pay is currently disabled as the problem is being attended to.
identified
A problem with Absa Pay transactions on the Aggregation and Gateway platforms has been identified.
We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.
March 2026
Phishing email
minorSource not attested
Last archived state: resolved
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identified
We’re aware of a fraudulent email currently being sent to consumers, requesting confirmation of card details and urging recipients to click a link.
This email is not from Payfast. It is a phishing scam and should be deleted immediately.
This matter has been escalated to our internal security teams and reported to the relevant authorities.
To learn more about how to spot suspicious emails and keep your account safe, read this article:
https://support.payfast.help/portal/en/kb/articles/su...
