Pricing
Status historyRSS updatesStatus API

Powered by Uptimus

    Payu Africa outage history

    55 recorded Payu Africa incidents since May 2025, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

    Back to current status

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

    Started October 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM UTC · 2h 59m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Card Acquiring FNB
    1. October 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM UTCinvestigating

      [South Africa] We have been made aware of an issue currently affecting FNB, which may impact transactions made using FNB-issued cards. Acquiring services may also be affected. We are monitoring the situation and will provide updates as more information becomes available.

    2. October 26, 2026 at 8:49 AM UTCmonitoring

      The issue was identified and remediated by the FNB team, we will continue to monitor.

    3. October 26, 2026 at 11:42 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Shopify plugin

    Started October 23, 2026 at 1:38 AM UTC · 5h 8m

    Pending
    1. October 23, 2026 at 1:38 AM UTCidentified

      [South Africa] Please note that the Shopify plugin is currently unavailable due to unplanned security maintenance. The service will be restored as soon as possible.

    2. October 23, 2026 at 6:46 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Sandbox / Staging environment service unavailable

    Started September 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC · 2h 5m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    PayU Staging (Sandbox) environment
    1. September 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTCidentified

      Sandbox / Staging environment is currently unavailble. Engineers are investigating to resolve as soon as possible. Please note that this does not affect day-to-day transactions, only testing integration.

    2. September 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU Service Degradation: Mastercard

    Started July 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM UTC · 5h 56m

    Pending
    1. July 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM UTCinvestigating

      High failure rates observes for Mastercard transactions through 3DS. We are monitoring the situation and will provide feedback.

    2. July 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Discovery Miles

    Started July 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM UTC · 6d 1h

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa DiscoveryMiles
    1. July 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM UTCidentified

      [PayU South Africa] Discovery Miles transactions are currently being affected. Seems mainly affecting the mobile flow. Engineers are investigating with Discovery.

    2. July 21, 2026 at 8:25 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    South Africa Service Degradation

    Started July 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM UTC · 18h 35m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Capitec Pay
    1. July 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM UTCinvestigating

      [South Africa] Please note PayU has received word from Capitec that they are having issues with their bank App. This affects all Capitec Pay transactions. We are currently in touch with Capitec to ensure we can provide updates as soon as they are available.

    2. July 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM UTCmonitoring

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

    3. July 15, 2026 at 8:14 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Discovery Miles

    Started July 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM UTC · 12h 19m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa DiscoveryMiles
    1. July 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM UTCinvestigating

      [PayU South Africa] Discovery Miles transactions are currently being affected. Payers using Disco Miles payment method are not able to complete transactions successfully. Engineers are investigating with Discovery.

    2. July 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM UTCmonitoring

      We noted recovery this morning, we will continue to monitor. Transactions are processing normally currently.

    3. July 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Capitec Pay

    Started June 25, 2026 at 1:43 PM UTC · 1d 0h

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Capitec Pay
    1. June 25, 2026 at 1:43 PM UTCinvestigating

      [PayU South Africa] Capitec Pay are currently experiencing payment issues [Severity 1]. The Capitec team is investigating, and we will keep you updated as they progress.

    2. June 25, 2026 at 1:44 PM UTCidentified

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

    3. June 25, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTCmonitoring

      The Capitec Pay service has recovered. They are monitoring it closely.

    4. June 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased API Errors in the testing environments

    Started June 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM UTC · 5h 19m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    PayU Staging (Sandbox) environment
    1. June 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM UTCidentified

      We're experiencing an elevated level of API errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. June 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM UTCidentified

      We are currently experiencing problems renewing our Staging public certificates. We are actively busy trying to resolve this. The test environment is still accessible but will give certificate expiry warnings.

    3. June 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTCmonitoring

      Staging certificate issues has been resolved. We will keep a eye on things.

    4. June 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation

    Started June 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC · 3h 54m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Capitec Pay
    1. June 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTCinvestigating

      [South Africa] Please note PayU is experiencing a degradation of Capitec Pay payment method. The Capitec Pay transactions remain in a Processing state. Engineers are investigating to resolve as soon as possible.

    2. June 24, 2026 at 9:11 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix was applied, we have noted significant improvement on Capitec Pay transactions being completed in normal times.

    3. June 24, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Discovery Miles

    Started June 7, 2026 at 7:17 AM UTC · 2h 49m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    South Africa DiscoveryMiles
    1. June 7, 2026 at 7:17 AM UTCidentified

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

    2. June 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTCresolved

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

    South Africa Service Degradation

    Started June 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM UTC · 2h 27m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Mobicred
    1. June 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM UTCinvestigating

      [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. June 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTCresolved

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

    South Africa - 3DSecure issues being experienced

    Started June 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM UTC · 4h 56m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    PayU Payments APISouth Africa - 3DSecurePayU Redirect Payment Page
    1. June 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM UTCinvestigating

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

    2. June 4, 2026 at 7:45 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are continuing to investigate this issue.

    3. June 4, 2026 at 11:23 AM UTCmonitoring

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

    4. June 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Nedbank Issued cards high decline rate

    Started May 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM UTC · 5h 38m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Nedbank Issuing
    1. May 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM UTCinvestigating

      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. May 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM UTCresolved

      Nedbank has confirmed the issues was resolved

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Discovery Miles

    Started April 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM UTC · 10h 47m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa DiscoveryMiles
    1. April 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM UTCinvestigating

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

    2. April 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation -RCS

    Started March 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC · 1h 22m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    South Africa RCS
    1. March 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTCinvestigating

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

    2. March 27, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

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

    Started February 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM UTC · 3h 22m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Card Acquiring ABSASouth Africa Card Acquiring SBSASouth Africa Card Acquiring FNBSouth Africa RCSSouth Africa Card Acquiring Nedbank
    1. February 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM UTCinvestigating

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

    2. February 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM UTCmonitoring

      We have noted recovery in transaction processing, and transactions are currently completing successfully. We will continue to monitor the environment.

    3. February 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation of credit card transactions.

    Started February 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTC · 12h 8m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA
    1. February 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTCinvestigating

      [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. February 5, 2026 at 7:35 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are continuing to investigate this issue.

    3. February 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM UTCresolved

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

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

    Started February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM UTC · 21m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Card Acquiring ABSASouth Africa Card Acquiring SBSASouth Africa Card Acquiring FNBSouth Africa RCSSouth Africa Card Acquiring Nedbank
    1. February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM UTCinvestigating

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

    2. February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM UTCresolved

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

    PayU South Africa Service Degradation - 3rd party

    Started November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM UTC · 41m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    South Africa Payflex
    1. November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM UTCidentified

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

    2. November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM UTCresolved

      The payment provider has confirmed resolution of the issues.