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Top 23 Acq acquiring banks based in South Africa

Name: Acq acquiring banks based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026 40 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 40 acq acquiring banks headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 2,079 professional contacts across them, including 1,089 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers acq acquiring banks headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 30, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 23 largest acq acquiring banks based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 23 of 40 acq acquiring banks based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to acq acquiring banks: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ikhokha	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	475 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “iKhokha is a co-founder led financial technology company that believes every South African entrepreneur should be given the opportunity to compete in the digital economy – because…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2	Payfast By Network	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	193 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Payfast by Network, we’re always open - to business, to tech, to innovation and to you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3	Paycorp Group	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	165 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a global payments company, we have the technology, expertise and infrastructure to manage ATM networks, enable card acquiring, provide transaction processing solutions that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4	ADUMO	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	157 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are your partner in growth, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept a range of payment types with our omnichannel approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5	Direct Transact	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	145 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We move the money that moves South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6	Hyphen	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	145 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hyphen Technology (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of FirstRand Investment Holdings Limited, provides cutting-edge financial technology solutions for payment, receipting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7	Stitch	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	142 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Stitch payments solutions help businesses seamlessly connect to the financial system, enabling them to deliver a better user experience and to optimize operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8	Connect Group South Africa	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	136 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Connect Group of companies provides retail merchants with fintech solutions that connect them to cash management, quick access to business funding, card payments and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9	Transaction Junction	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	113 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2007 and head-quartered in Cape Town, Transaction Junction (TJ) is a leading FinTech company that provides a modern transaction platform to businesses across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10	Sureswipe	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sureswipe is one of South Africa’s first card Payment Service Providers (PSPs) established in 2008 to make card payment acceptance easy and accessible to all independent retailers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11	Amplifin	Indirect evidence	Pretoria East, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	78 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Amplifin is a PASA registered and PCI-DSS certified System Operator and Third-Party Payment Provider and registered FSP delivering state-of-the-art, customer-focused technology…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12	Addpay Africa	Indirect evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Providing payment solutions, hardware and payment platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13	Callpay	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Callpay is the world's first PCI-DSS v3 Level 1 compliant PSP and the first in Africa to achieve Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards v3.2 Level 1 compliance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14	Dashpay	Indirect evidence	Illovo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dashpay, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Araxi Ltd, is dedicated to delivering innovative payment solutions that empower financial institutions and Fintech’s worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15	Crossgate Technologies PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PAYMENT SOLUTIONS - SIMPLIFIED We help companies implement solutions that enable payments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16	Paybaysa	Partial evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At PayBay we offer a unique product that saves our clients money and enhances their businesses with a number of unique benefits not available through the banks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17	Araxi Previously Capital Appreciation	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Araxi (previously Capital Appreciation) is a financial technology company that brings deep payments expertise and cutting-edge software capabilities to create transformational…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18	Paypoint PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Illovo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Paypoint is a FinTech, service and technology company, providing debit, credit, and mobile payment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19	Wappoint Card Machines, POS Systems & Online Payment Solutions	Indirect evidence	Somerset West, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WAPPoint was initially conceived whilst watching an informal business person struggling to explain to a client why he couldn’t accept a credit card as payment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
20	SHB Financial Services	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SHB financial services was originally created on behalf of Famous Brands and other large retailers in order to benefit them by reducing their credit card and online rates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
21	Whoosh Innovations PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Whoosh is an innovative payment-solutions company, including partnering with companies to provide customised payment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
22	payer.io	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Payer Technologies Limited (“Payer”), is a leading provider of payment technology in the payments industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23	Silicon Capital	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Electronic Banking and Payment Systems for Financial Institutions, Organizations, Retailers and Payment Processors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: acq acquiring banks. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names acq acquiring banks.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of acq acquiring banks, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name acq acquiring banks. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Acq acquiring banks based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026

52.4%Verified-email coverage

52.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

22.5%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

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201-500

501-1,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 40 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among acq acquiring banks, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “acq acquiring banks”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names acq acquiring banks), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among acq acquiring banks, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,089 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names acq acquiring banks, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many acq acquiring banks are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 40 acq acquiring banks headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ikhokha, headquartered in Umhlanga Ridge Durban, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most acq acquiring banks?

Johannesburg leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (7) and Sandton (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,089 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 40 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.