PayFast experienced a major incident on February 2, 2026 affecting Absa involved transactions and Aggregation Card Updates and 1 more component, lasting 6h 31m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Absa involved transactionsAggregation Card UpdatesAmerican Express involved transactionsBidvest involved transactionsCapitec involved transactionsDiscovery involved transactionsFNB involved transactionsInvestec involved transactionsMulti-Currency PricingNedbank involved transactions
Update timeline
- identified Feb 02, 2026, 03:30 PM UTC
We have identified an issue affecting card transactions on Aggregation. Teams are busy engaging with External partners on the matter.
- resolved Feb 02, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC
This problem has been resolved with full functionality returning to Card payments on Aggregation.