PayShap

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PayShap is South Africa’s branded instant-payment service for low-value bank-account transfers. Customers can use a ShapID instead of full account details at banks, connecting recipient addressing with a domestic account-to-account payment that is separate from card spending.

Use cases:
Initiation:
Users
5.2M
Markets
1
TPV
$3.4B
Transactions
55M

Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026

Historical trends

Capabilities

Initiation & Authentication
Funding & Requirements
Processing & Settlement
Transaction Management
Refunds & Disputes
Additional native capabilities

Markets

Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026

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Schemes

Compliance

Standards