PayFast incident

Absa Pay failures

Major Resolved View vendor source →
Started
Apr 18, 2026, 06:32 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 19, 2026, 06:07 AM UTC
Duration
23h 34m
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 18, 2026, 06:32 AM UTC

Affected components

Absa PayAbsa Pay

Update timeline

  1. identified Apr 18, 2026, 06:32 AM UTC

    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.

  2. monitoring Apr 18, 2026, 09:08 AM UTC

    Absa Pay is currently disabled as the problem is being attended to.

  3. resolved Apr 19, 2026, 06:07 AM UTC

    Absa Pay problems have been resolved on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms.

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