PayFast incident

RCS transactions

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PayFast experienced a major incident on August 20, 2025 affecting Store Cards (RCS) and Store Cards (RCS), lasting 2h 1m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 20, 2025, 06:39 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 20, 2025, 08:41 AM UTC
Duration
2h 1m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 20, 2025, 06:39 AM UTC

Affected components

Store Cards (RCS)Store Cards (RCS)

Update timeline

  1. identified Aug 20, 2025, 06:39 AM UTC

    A problem with RCS (store card) payments has been identified. We are in contact with External Partners on the matter.

  2. resolved Aug 20, 2025, 08:41 AM UTC

    This problem has been resolved for RCS payments.