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Secure payment by PAYFAST

How PAYFAST keeps your transactions secure

Our security protocols are as, if not more, robust than South African banks.

  • PCI-DSS Level 1 Compliant

    All your customers’ credit card payments are done in our secure environment.

  • Secure servers

    Our website, payments page and help site are hosted on secure servers, safeguarding against phishing attacks.

  • 3D Secure

    This extra layer of security is used for all online transactions using a credit card.

  • 3D Secure 2

    An improved mobile-first level of authentication for online transactions using a credit card.

  • GEO IP Tracking

    By monitoring where transactions originate from we can look for mismatches with the card’s issuing country.

  • BIN/IIN Validation

    Checks the card-issuing bank locations and merchants can choose to enable/disable payments from certain countries.

  • Extended Validation SSL

    We use Extended Validation SSL with 2048-bit encryption, the highest level encryption available.

  • ASV Scans on a weekly basis

    We run weekly network scans to look for new possible vulnerabilities and certify quarterly.

  • Two-factor authentication

    This extra layer of security is available to restrict access to your Payfast account.

  • Validation checks

    Payments and card details are automatically checked against large online databases of blacklisted details.

  • Web application firewall

    Payfast utilises WAF technologies to detect and stop malicious activity before it reaches our servers.

  • Fraud Reviews

    All suspicious transactions are manually reviewed by our support team.

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