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Active Incidents
Standard Bank EFT payments
Started 17 Oct 2025 07:42:03 (4 months ago), still ongoing
Minor Incident
Monitoring
Standard Bank
Standard Bank
A problem with EFT payments for Standard Bank affecting both Aggregation Instant EFT and Gateway SiD has been identified. For the moment, please use an alternative payment method such as Credit Card or QR Codes where possible.
Recently Resolved Incidents
Aggregation payments
Started 10 Feb 2026 19:57:07 (4 days ago), resolved 10 Feb 2026 20:15:18 (4 days ago)
Major Incident
Resolved
3D Secure
We are currenctly experiencing technical issues with upstream service providers. Issue is urgently being investigated
Payfast Outage Survival Guide
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Payfast Components
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Payfast Credit & Cheque cards
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Aggregation Immediate Payouts
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Aggregation Merchant Dashboard
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Aggregation New User payments
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Aggregation Payouts
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Gateway Developer Documents
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Gateway Reconciliation Reports
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Payfast Integrations and APIs
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Aggregation payments
Started 10 Feb 2026 19:57:07 (4 days ago), resolved 10 Feb 2026 20:15:18 (4 days ago)
Major Incident
Resolved
3D Secure
We are currenctly experiencing technical issues with upstream service providers. Issue is urgently being investigated
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Standard Bank
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Standard Bank EFT payments
Started 17 Oct 2025 07:42:03 (4 months ago), still ongoing
Minor Incident
Monitoring
Standard Bank
Standard Bank
A problem with EFT payments for Standard Bank affecting both Aggregation Instant EFT and Gateway SiD has been identified. For the moment, please use an alternative payment method such as Credit Card or QR Codes where possible.
Tyme Bank
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Standard Bank EFT payments
Started 17 Oct 2025 07:42:03 (4 months ago), still ongoing
Minor Incident
Monitoring
Standard Bank
Standard Bank
A problem with EFT payments for Standard Bank affecting both Aggregation Instant EFT and Gateway SiD has been identified. For the moment, please use an alternative payment method such as Credit Card or QR Codes where possible.
Tyme Bank
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