Status: PayU Africa

All Systems Operational

PayU Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
PayU Merchant Portal - South Africa Operational
PayU Merchant Portal - Nigeria Operational
PayU Payments API Operational
PayU Redirect Payment Page Operational
PayULink Operational
PayU South Africa Reporting Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Anti-Fraud Operational
Fraud Checks Operational
South Africa - 3DSecure Operational
Nigeria - 3DSecure Operational
Premium 3DSecure Provider Operational
Acquiring Links - South Africa Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
South Africa Card Acquiring ABSA Operational
South Africa Card Acquiring Nedbank Operational
South Africa Card Acquiring SBSA Operational
South Africa Card Acquiring FNB Operational
South Africa DiscoveryMiles Operational
South Africa Capitec Pay Operational
South Africa Stitch EFT Operational
South Africa RCS Operational
South Africa Visa Checkout Operational
South Africa EBucks Operational
South Africa PayPal Operational
South Africa Smart EFT Operational
South Africa Mobicred Operational
South Africa MasterPass Operational
South Africa ABSA Lending Operational
South Africa - PayU Receive Operational
South Africa Payflex Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Acquiring Links - Nigeria Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring Zenith Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring Diamond Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring Access Operational
Nigeria Card Acquiring GT Operational
Nigeria Bank Transfers Operational
Nigeria Verve Card Acquiring Operational
Acquiring Links - Kenya Operational
Kenya Card Acquiring KCB Operational
Kenya Card Acquiring Equity Operational
Kenya mPesa Operational
Kenya Airtel Money Operational
Kenya Equitel Operational
Kenya Mobile Banking Operational
Acquiring Links - Uganda Operational
Uganda Card Acquiring KCB Operational
Uganda MTN Mobile Money Operational
Uganda Airtel Money Operational
Acquiring Links - Tanzania Operational
Tanzania Card Acquiring KCB Operational
Tanzania Tigo Pesa Money Operational
Tanzania Airtel Money Operational
Acquiring Links - Ethiopia Operational
Ethiopia Card Acquiring MCB Operational
Acquiring Links - Zimbabwe Operational
Zimbabwe Card Acquiring MCB Operational
PayU Staging (Sandbox) environment Operational
Treasury Settlement Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Treasury Settlement service Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Issuing Links PayU South Africa Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
ABSA Issuing Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Nedbank Issuing Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Capitec Issuing Operational
90 days ago
100.0 % uptime
Today
Operational
Degraded Performance
Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance
Major outage
Partial outage
No downtime recorded on this day.
No data exists for this day.
had a major outage.
had a partial outage.

Scheduled Maintenance

PayU South Africa Emergency Maintenance: Card switch Mar 5, 2026 01:30-03:30 CAT

Please be advised that we will do an emergency patch on our card switch service, due to required regulatory patch that needs to be implemented. The bulk of Credit Card processing will be switched through our backup route during this time but processing to some acquirers will be affected briefly. We will push hard to hopefully finish early and any downtime will be kept to the minimum.
Posted on Mar 03, 2026 - 12:11 CAT
Mar 3, 2026

No incidents reported today.

Mar 2, 2026

No incidents reported.

Mar 1, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 28, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 27, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 26, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 25, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 24, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 23, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 22, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 21, 2026
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 21, 06:00 CAT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 21, 00:00 CAT
Scheduled - Card transactions for merchants using Nedbank acquiring may be temporarily impacted during this period. Transactions on Nedbank-issued cards are expected to process as normal, although they are not entirely exempt from potential disruption.
Feb 20, 13:24 CAT
Feb 20, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 19, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 18, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 17, 2026

No incidents reported.