PayU Africa incident
PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party
PayU Africa experienced a minor incident on February 16, 2026 affecting South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA and South Africa Card Acquiring Nedbank and 1 more component, lasting 3h 22m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
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.