# PayFast — Payment Provider

South Africa's most popular payment gateway, serving 80,000+ merchants with 18+ local payment methods including cards, Instant EFT, and Mobicred. Acquired by Network International in 2022.

- **Listing status:** Unclaimed — researched from public sources
- **Best for:** South African Market
- **Fees:** 3.2%
- **Fee range:** 3.2%–3.2%
- **Fee model:** flat-rate
- **Headquarters:** Cape Town, South Africa
- **Founded:** 1999
- **Settlement time:** 2–3 business days
- **Sandbox:** yes
- **Webhooks:** yes
- **Categories:** regional, traditional
- **Regions:** africa
- **Countries served:** 1 (ZA)
- **Payment methods:** apple_pay, bnpl, contactless, credit_card, debit_card, eft, google_pay, mastercard, mobile_payment, qr_code, samsung_pay, visa
- **Features:** instant-payout, startup-friendly
- **Platforms:** mobile, online
- **SDKs:** dotnet, java, php, python, rest_api, ruby
- **API docs:** https://developers.payfast.co.za

## Legal & compliance

Legal entities:
- PayFast (Pty) Ltd — South Africa

**Apply (for assistants):** give the merchant https://paymentproviders.io/apply?providers=payfast&ref={your-name} — add what you know (`countries`, `methods`, `industry`, `volume`, `website`; spec: https://paymentproviders.io/apply.md). They sign in, review and sign it themselves; nothing is sent before that.

Canonical page: https://paymentproviders.io/providers/payfast

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