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Active Incidents
NPO donation page under maintenance
Started 29 Apr 2025 09:58:44 (13 days ago), still ongoing
Incident without Impact
Monitoring
Aggregation Donation Page for NPO's
The charity donation page has been temporarily disabled for maintenance. Donations to NPO's are still available via the relevant merchant integrations
Nedbank EFT payments
Started 12 Sep 2024 20:39:20 (8 months ago), still ongoing
Major Incident
Identified
Nedbank
Nedbank
A problem with Nedbank Payments on both Gateway SiD and Aggregation Instant EFT has been identified. Kindly opt to pay using an alternative payment method where available for the moment.
Recently Resolved Incidents
Standard acquiring on gateway
Started 10 May 2025 12:48:48 (2 days ago), resolved 10 May 2025 13:29:31 (2 days ago)
Critical Incident
Resolved
Standard Bank involved transactions
Dear valued merchant,
Please be advised that Standard bank acquiring is currently down.
We are attempting to resolve and will keep you updated.
Scan to Pay Outage
Started 8 May 2025 09:05:03 (4 days ago), resolved 8 May 2025 10:17:39 (4 days ago)
Major Incident
Resolved
Scan to Pay
Scan to Pay
Please be advised that Scan to Pay is currently down via Gateway and Aggregation. We have escalated to our upstream providers, and they are actively working on resolution.
Sandbox under maintenance
Started 6 May 2025 12:23:01 (6 days ago), resolved 6 May 2025 15:19:51 (6 days ago)
Incident without Impact
Resolved
Aggregation Sandbox (test platform)
The Aggregation testing platform (Sandbox) is currently under maintenance. Users may experience intermittent issues with their tests for the moment.
Payfast Outage Survival Guide
A step-by-step guide to help you survive a Payfast outage
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Payfast Components
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Payfast Credit & Cheque cards
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Help Desk
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Main Website (external host)
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Aggregation Developer Documents
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Discovery involved transactions
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Aggregation Donation Page for NPO's
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NPO donation page under maintenance
Started 29 Apr 2025 09:58:44 (13 days ago), still ongoing
Incident without Impact
Monitoring
Aggregation Donation Page for NPO's
The charity donation page has been temporarily disabled for maintenance. Donations to NPO's are still available via the relevant merchant integrations
FNB involved transactions
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Aggregation Immediate Payouts
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Aggregation Merchant Dashboard
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Nedbank involved transactions
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Aggregation New User payments
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Standard Bank involved transactions
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Tyme Bank involved transactions
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Aggregation Payouts
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Aggregation Sandbox (test platform)
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Sandbox under maintenance
Started 6 May 2025 12:23:01 (6 days ago), resolved 6 May 2025 15:19:51 (6 days ago)
Incident without Impact
Resolved
Aggregation Sandbox (test platform)
The Aggregation testing platform (Sandbox) is currently under maintenance. Users may experience intermittent issues with their tests for the moment.
Gateway Developer Documents
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Gateway MAP
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Gateway Reconciliation Reports
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Gateway email processing
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Payfast Integrations and APIs
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Aggregation Button/Link payments
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Aggregation Shopify
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Aggregation Xero
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PayPal
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Gateway PayWeb3
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Gateway Shopify
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Payfast Aggregation: Alternative Payment Methods
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Apple Pay
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Visa Checkout
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Mobicred
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MoreTyme
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Original Debit card payment method
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Scan to Pay
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Scan to Pay Outage
Started 8 May 2025 09:05:03 (4 days ago), resolved 8 May 2025 10:17:39 (4 days ago)
Major Incident
Resolved
Scan to Pay
Scan to Pay
Please be advised that Scan to Pay is currently down via Gateway and Aggregation. We have escalated to our upstream providers, and they are actively working on resolution.
SCode
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Zapper
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Payfast Aggregation: Cards
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3D Secure
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American Express involved transactions
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FNB involved transactions
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Multi-Currency Pricing
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Nedbank involved transactions
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Recurring Payments
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Payfast Aggregation: Instant EFT
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African Bank
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Bidvest Bank
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FNB
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Investec
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Nedbank
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Nedbank EFT payments
Started 12 Sep 2024 20:39:20 (8 months ago), still ongoing
Major Incident
Identified
Nedbank
Nedbank
A problem with Nedbank Payments on both Gateway SiD and Aggregation Instant EFT has been identified. Kindly opt to pay using an alternative payment method where available for the moment.
Standard Bank
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Payfast Aggregation: Point of Sale
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Payfast Gateway: Alternative Payment Methods
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Apple Pay
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Mobicred
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Momopay
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PayPal
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Samsung Pay
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Scan to Pay
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Scan to Pay Outage
Started 8 May 2025 09:05:03 (4 days ago), resolved 8 May 2025 10:17:39 (4 days ago)
Major Incident
Resolved
Scan to Pay
Scan to Pay
Please be advised that Scan to Pay is currently down via Gateway and Aggregation. We have escalated to our upstream providers, and they are actively working on resolution.
Store Cards (RCS)
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Visa Checkout
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Zapper
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Payfast Gateway: Cards
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Absa involved transactions
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FNB involved transactions
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Investec involved transactions
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Nedbank involved transactions
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Standard Bank involved transactions
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Standard acquiring on gateway
Started 10 May 2025 12:48:48 (2 days ago), resolved 10 May 2025 13:29:31 (2 days ago)
Critical Incident
Resolved
Standard Bank involved transactions
Dear valued merchant,
Please be advised that Standard bank acquiring is currently down.
We are attempting to resolve and will keep you updated.
American Express involved transactions
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Payfast Gateway: SiD
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African Bank
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Investec Bank
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Nedbank
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Nedbank EFT payments
Started 12 Sep 2024 20:39:20 (8 months ago), still ongoing
Major Incident
Identified
Nedbank
Nedbank
A problem with Nedbank Payments on both Gateway SiD and Aggregation Instant EFT has been identified. Kindly opt to pay using an alternative payment method where available for the moment.
Standard Bank
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