Status: PayU Africa

All Systems Operational

Uptime over the past 90 days. View historical uptime.
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
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
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
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.

No incidents or maintenance related to this downtime.

Jul 8, 2025
PayU South Africa Emergency Maintenance: Switch
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jul 8, 02:00 CAT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jul 8, 01:30 CAT
Scheduled - Please be advised that we'll be doing required maintenance on our card switch which will require a restart. The bulk of Credit Card processing will be switched through our backup route during this time but processing to some acquirers may be affected.
Jul 7, 16:37 CAT
Jul 7, 2025
PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jul 7, 16:10 CAT
Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Jul 7, 15:43 CAT
Update - Bank links are back up, we will continue the monitor.
Jul 7, 15:42 CAT
Investigating - PayU has noted a degradation in the connections to all banks for processing cards.
Bank Card transactions are affected.
Jul 7, 15:35 CAT
Jul 6, 2025
PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jul 6, 06:00 CAT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jul 6, 00:00 CAT
Scheduled - [South Africa]
Please be aware that the Network team have 2 changes scheduled this coming weekend that may impact acquiring services.

However, should you experience any issues beyond this timeframe, please escalate to the Nedbank Command Centre at 010 223 2222 or email ITProd@Nedbank.co.za.

CHG0124822 – Sunday 6 Jul, 00:01 to 03:00, possible 5 to 10-minute downtime for integrators connecting via Rondebosch:

CHG0125213 – Sunday 6 Jul, 03:00 to 06:00, possible 5 to 10-minute downtime for all Integrators.
Jun 30, 11:15 CAT
Jul 5, 2025
PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jul 5, 02:00 CAT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jul 4, 22:00 CAT
Scheduled - [South Africa]
Nedbank card transactions may be affected during this time when Nedbank is doing maintenance that was communicated to PayU.

Communication from Nedbank :
"CHG0124822 - Friday night, 22:00 to 04:00 , possible network blips for integrators connecting via Rondebosch"
Jul 3, 11:02 CAT
Jul 4, 2025
Jul 3, 2025
PayU South Africa Service Degradation - Bank link/3rd party
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jul 3, 19:03 CAT
Monitoring - We are noting gradual recovery. We will continue to monitor the processing closely.
Jul 3, 17:28 CAT
Investigating - We have noted an issue affecting bank card transactions. It seems Mastercard transactions are mostly affected at the moment but we are investigating and reaching out to the acquirers for more info.
Jul 3, 16:49 CAT
Jul 2, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 1, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jun 30, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jun 29, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jun 28, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jun 27, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jun 26, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jun 25, 2025
PayU South Africa Testing/Staging Environment connectivity issue
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jun 25, 12:27 CAT
Monitoring - The issue has been identified and a fix was applied.
The system is functioning optimally and within expected parameters.
We will monitor.
Jun 25, 12:01 CAT
Investigating - 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.
Jun 25, 11:29 CAT
Jun 24, 2025

No incidents reported.

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