PayU Africa incident
PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party
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Resolved after 3 hours 22 minutes, affecting South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA and South Africa Card Acquiring Nedbank and 1 more, on February 16, 2026.
We have noted recovery in transaction processing, and transactions are currently completing successfully. We will continue to monitor the environment.
Affected components
South Africa Card Acquiring ABSASouth Africa Card Acquiring NedbankSouth Africa Card Acquiring SBSASouth Africa Card Acquiring FNBSouth Africa RCS
Update timeline
- investigating Feb 16, 2026, 02:28 PM UTC
[South Africa] Card transaction are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating.
- monitoring Feb 16, 2026, 03:19 PM UTC
We have noted recovery in transaction processing, and transactions are currently completing successfully. We will continue to monitor the environment.
- resolved Feb 16, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
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