PayU Africa Outage History

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PayU Africa had 21 outages in the last 2 years totaling 99h 35m of downtime — averaging 0.9 incidents per month.

There were 21 PayU Africa outages since April 25, 2025 totaling 99h 35m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://payuafrica.statuspage.io

Critical June 7, 2026

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Discovery Miles

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 07, 2026, 07:17 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 07, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC
Duration
2h 48m
Affected: South Africa DiscoveryMiles
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Jun 07, 2026, 07:17 AM UTC

    [PayU South Africa] Discovery Miles transactions are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating with Discovery.

  2. resolved Jun 07, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC

    We have noted that transactions are being completed. We will continue to monitor

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Minor June 4, 2026

South Africa Service Degradation

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 04, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 04, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC
Duration
2h 27m
Affected: South Africa Mobicred
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 04, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC

    [South Africa] Please note PayU has received word from Mobicred that they are having issues with their payments API. This affects all Mobicred transactions. We are constantly in touch with Mobicred to ensure we can provide updates as soon as they are available.

  2. resolved Jun 04, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC

    Mobicred has confirmed that their services are back to normal state.

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Minor June 4, 2026

South Africa - 3DSecure issues being experienced

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 04, 2026, 07:44 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 04, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC
Duration
4h 56m
Affected: South Africa - 3DSecurePayU Payments APIPayU Redirect Payment Page
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Jun 04, 2026, 07:44 AM UTC

    PayU is aware of 3DSecure processing issues currently being experienced via Bankserv. Our Engineers are in contact with Bankserv and will advise.

  2. investigating Jun 04, 2026, 07:45 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. monitoring Jun 04, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

    We have noted significant improvement, we will continue to monitor.

  4. resolved Jun 04, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 25, 2026

Nedbank Issued cards high decline rate

Detected by Pingoru
May 25, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC
Resolved
May 25, 2026, 03:42 PM UTC
Duration
5h 37m
Affected: Nedbank Issuing
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 25, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC

    Nedbank has informed us of the current ongoing issue affecting Nedbank issued cards causing high decline rates. The Nedbank team also informed us their technical teams are working on resolving the issue. More updates to come as they become available.

  2. resolved May 25, 2026, 03:42 PM UTC

    Nedbank has confirmed the issues was resolved

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Critical March 27, 2026

PayU South Africa Service Degradation -RCS

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 27, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 27, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC
Duration
1h 22m
Affected: South Africa RCS
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 27, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Transactions are currently being affected for RCS customers. Engineers are investigating.

  2. resolved Mar 27, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor February 16, 2026

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

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 16, 2026, 02:28 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 16, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC
Duration
3h 22m
Affected: South Africa Card Acquiring ABSASouth Africa Card Acquiring NedbankSouth Africa Card Acquiring SBSASouth Africa Card Acquiring FNBSouth Africa RCS
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Feb 16, 2026, 02:28 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Card transaction are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating.

  2. 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.

  3. resolved Feb 16, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical February 5, 2026

PayU South Africa Service Degradation of credit card transactions.

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 05, 2026, 07:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 05, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC
Duration
12h 7m
Affected: South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Feb 05, 2026, 07:21 AM UTC

    [South Africa] Please note PayU is experiencing a degradation of service in its credit card transactions. Engineers are investigating to resolve as soon as possible.

  2. investigating Feb 05, 2026, 07:35 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Feb 05, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC

    A fix was applied to address the issue. Bank card transactions are processing normally.

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Major November 28, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - 3rd party

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 28, 2025, 11:06 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 28, 2025, 11:47 AM UTC
Duration
41m
Affected: South Africa Payflex
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Nov 28, 2025, 11:06 AM UTC

    Payflex has informed us that are having system issues. They have confirmed that they will provide more information as it becomes available.

  2. resolved Nov 28, 2025, 11:47 AM UTC

    The payment provider has confirmed resolution of the issues.

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Critical November 4, 2025

PayU South Africa outage: StandardBank

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 04, 2025, 09:13 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 04, 2025, 09:31 AM UTC
Duration
18m
Affected: South Africa Card Acquiring SBSA
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Nov 04, 2025, 09:13 AM UTC

    Card transactions for merchants using SBSA acquiring may be temporarily impacted during this period. Transactions on SBSA-issued cards are expected to process as normal, although they are not entirely exempt from potential disruption.

  2. resolved Nov 04, 2025, 09:31 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor November 1, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 01, 2025, 08:48 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 01, 2025, 09:59 AM UTC
Duration
1h 10m
Affected: PayU Payments API
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Nov 01, 2025, 08:48 AM UTC

    [South Africa] Please note PayU is experiencing a degradation of service. Engineers are investigating to resolve as soon as possible.

  2. monitoring Nov 01, 2025, 09:10 AM UTC

    We are noting recovery at the moment, we will continue to monitor.

  3. resolved Nov 01, 2025, 09:59 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice October 25, 2025

PayU Merchant portal outage

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 25, 2025, 04:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 25, 2025, 06:24 AM UTC
Duration
2h 23m
Affected: PayU Merchant Portal - South AfricaPayU Merchant Portal - Nigeria
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Oct 25, 2025, 04:00 AM UTC

    PayU Merchant portal outage currently underway. No impact on transactions.

  2. resolved Oct 25, 2025, 06:24 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor September 7, 2025

PayU South Africa Planned Maintenance: ABSA

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 07, 2025, 07:44 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 08, 2025, 10:48 AM UTC
Duration
1d 3h
Affected: South Africa Card Acquiring ABSAABSA Issuing
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Sep 07, 2025, 07:44 AM UTC

    ABSA acquiring merchants may experience disruptions due to rollback after maintenance. Transactions on ABSA-issued, including 3D Secure processing, may be affected.

  2. identified Sep 07, 2025, 07:45 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. monitoring Sep 07, 2025, 07:49 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  4. resolved Sep 08, 2025, 10:48 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical August 29, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - RCS

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 29, 2025, 01:10 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 29, 2025, 01:41 PM UTC
Duration
30m
Affected: South Africa RCS
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 29, 2025, 01:10 PM UTC

    [South Africa] RCS transactions are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating.

  2. resolved Aug 29, 2025, 01:41 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major August 21, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Capitec Pay

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 21, 2025, 01:16 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 21, 2025, 01:51 PM UTC
Duration
35m
Affected: South Africa Capitec Pay
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Aug 21, 2025, 01:16 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Capitec Pay transactions are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating.

  2. monitoring Aug 21, 2025, 01:27 PM UTC

    Processing seem to have stabilise. We will continue to monitor.

  3. monitoring Aug 21, 2025, 01:27 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. resolved Aug 21, 2025, 01:51 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor August 1, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - DTR and BTSR file delivery delay

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 01, 2025, 01:39 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 01, 2025, 05:53 PM UTC
Duration
4h 13m
Affected: PayU South Africa Reporting
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 01, 2025, 01:39 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Please note we are aware of a delay in the generation of DTR and BTSR files for merchants. Engineers are working at resolving the problem as soon as possible,

  2. identified Aug 01, 2025, 01:39 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. resolved Aug 01, 2025, 05:53 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor August 1, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation -Capitec

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 01, 2025, 10:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 01, 2025, 11:24 AM UTC
Duration
1h 2m
Affected: Capitec IssuingSouth Africa Capitec Pay
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 01, 2025, 10:21 AM UTC

    Capitec has informed PayU that they bank app is currently down. Capitec Pay transactions and Capitec issued bank cards are affected

  2. identified Aug 01, 2025, 10:22 AM UTC

    Capitec informed us that they are working on getting the services back up. We will provide updates as soon as we receive them.

  3. resolved Aug 01, 2025, 11:24 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor July 25, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - 3D Secure Provider

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 25, 2025, 09:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 25, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC
Duration
2h 9m
Affected: South Africa - 3DSecurePremium 3DSecure Provider
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 25, 2025, 09:21 AM UTC

    [South Africa] 3D Secure transactions are currently being affected due to an up stream 3D secure provider issue. Engineers are attending to the problem.

  2. resolved Jul 25, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice July 19, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Mastercard

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 19, 2025, 05:08 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 19, 2025, 08:31 PM UTC
Duration
3h 23m
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 19, 2025, 05:08 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Mastercard transactions are currently being affected. We are seeing slower than normal processing times. Engineers are reaching out to acquirers for more information.

  2. monitoring Jul 19, 2025, 07:33 PM UTC

    Processing time seems be recovering at the moment. We'll keep monitoring.

  3. resolved Jul 19, 2025, 08:31 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor June 25, 2025

PayU South Africa Testing/Staging Environment connectivity issue

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 25, 2025, 09:29 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 25, 2025, 10:27 AM UTC
Duration
57m
Affected: PayU Staging (Sandbox) environment
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jun 25, 2025, 09:29 AM UTC

    We are currenty experiencing issue s with our Staging/Testing area where the Redirect Page is showing a blank screen. The teams is investigating the issue. Will keep you updated.

  2. monitoring Jun 25, 2025, 10:01 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix was applied. The system is functioning optimally and within expected parameters. We will monitor.

  3. resolved Jun 25, 2025, 10:27 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor June 22, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - FNB

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 22, 2025, 07:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 22, 2025, 09:28 PM UTC
Duration
14h 6m
Affected: South Africa Card Acquiring FNB
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jun 22, 2025, 07:21 AM UTC

    [South Africa] Card transactions to FNB are currently being affected. Engineers are investigating.

  2. monitoring Jun 22, 2025, 07:27 AM UTC

    Experiencing sporadic disconnects from FNB affecting card processing. We are in contact with the bank to help troubleshoot.

  3. resolved Jun 22, 2025, 09:28 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice May 6, 2025

PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Credit Card

Detected by Pingoru
May 06, 2025, 10:12 PM UTC
Resolved
May 07, 2025, 06:29 AM UTC
Duration
8h 16m
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating May 06, 2025, 10:12 PM UTC

    [South Africa] Card transactions are currently being affected. Currently Mastercard transactions seems to be affected more. Engineers are investigating and reaching out to acquirers.

  2. investigating May 06, 2025, 10:58 PM UTC

    No further information currently available. Still seeing high failure rates.

  3. investigating May 06, 2025, 11:56 PM UTC

    We are still observing high failure raters for card processing. No change yet.

  4. resolved May 07, 2025, 06:29 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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