PayU Africa incident

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

PayU Africa experienced a minor incident on February 5, 2026 affecting South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA and South Africa Card Acquiring Nedbank and 1 more component, lasting 21m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Feb 05, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 05, 2026, 02:17 AM UTC
Duration
21m
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 05, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC

Affected components

South Africa Card Acquiring ABSASouth Africa Card Acquiring NedbankSouth Africa Card Acquiring SBSASouth Africa Card Acquiring FNBSouth Africa RCS

Update timeline

  1. investigating Feb 05, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC

    Card transactions are currently being affected after earlier maintenance. We are currently investigating.

  2. resolved Feb 05, 2026, 02:17 AM UTC

    Card processing has been fully restored. We will keep monitoring.