PayFast incident

Aggregation card processing degradation

Resolved after 6 hours 31 minutes, affecting Absa involved transactions and Aggregation Card Updates and 1 more, on February 2, 2026.

resolved Feb 02, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC

This problem has been resolved with full functionality returning to Card payments on Aggregation.

Started
Feb 02, 2026, 03:30 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 02, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC
Duration
6h 31m
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 02, 2026, 03:30 PM UTC

Affected components

Absa involved transactionsAggregation Card UpdatesAmerican Express involved transactionsBidvest involved transactionsCapitec involved transactionsDiscovery involved transactionsFNB involved transactionsInvestec involved transactionsMulti-Currency PricingNedbank involved transactions

Update timeline

  1. identified Feb 02, 2026, 03:30 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue affecting card transactions on Aggregation. Teams are busy engaging with External partners on the matter.

  2. resolved Feb 02, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC

    This problem has been resolved with full functionality returning to Card payments on Aggregation.

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