PayFast experienced a critical incident on July 17, 2025 affecting Standard Bank involved transactions, lasting 59m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Standard Bank involved transactions
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 17, 2025, 12:04 AM UTC
Dear valued merchant, Please be advised that SBSA acquiring seems to be down. We are working with them to try and resolve the issue. We will update you as soon as we have more information.
- investigating Jul 17, 2025, 12:04 AM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- resolved Jul 17, 2025, 01:03 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.