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Top 25 Fintech companies based in South Africa

The South Africa fintech companies directory contains 128 companies, with 3,953 contacts and 1,549 email addresses available for business research. Updated August 2026, the list identifies Johannesburg as the single most-represented city among the companies included.

Fintech companies use software and digital infrastructure to provide, support, or improve financial products and services such as payments, lending, banking, investing, insurance, and financial management. This list covers companies that develop, operate, or deliver technology-enabled financial products, services, or infrastructure. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of August 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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3,953Contacts tracked
1,549Verified emails
115Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest fintech companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 128 fintech companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Aug 29, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names fintech companies: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
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1
Lesaka Technologies INCIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa1,001-5,000517

“Lesaka is a South African financial technology company.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
2
Momo From MTNStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa10001+500

“MTN MoMo is a fintech platform providing consumers and businesses with a host of innovative digital financial services.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
3
IkhokhaIndirect evidence
Umhlanga Ridge Durban, South Africa201-500472

“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: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
4
Net1 Ueps Technologies INCIndirect evidence
Rosebank, South Africa1,001-5,000444

“This is a test page”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
5
LULAStrong evidence
Cape Town, South Africa51-200254

“Lula is an innovative, and human-focused FinTech company on a mission to help small businesses make cash flow.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
6
JUMOIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa201-500214

“JUMO is a financial technology company that partners with banks, MNOs and other e-commerce players to deliver progressive financial choices to customers in emerging markets across…”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
7
Pepkor Payments And LendingIndirect evidence
Kuilsriver Cape Town, South Africa51-200147

“At Pepkor Payments and Lending (PPL), our purpose is to make every day affordable for our customers.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
8
Direct TransactIndirect evidence
City Of Tshwane, South Africa51-200146

“We move the money that moves South Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
9
WONGAStrong evidence
Cape Town, South Africa501-1,000145

“We are a pioneering international FinTech company, which is disrupting the traditional consumer lending space by providing solutions for “underserved” customers.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
10Cape Town, South Africa51-200136

“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: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
11
Transaction JunctionStrong evidence
Cape Town, South Africa51-200114

“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: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
12
TruevoStrong evidence
Bryanston, South Africa51-20087

“Truevo is a multinational fintech company focused on changing the payments industry across Europe.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
13
ZapperIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa51-20083

“Your payments partner for growth.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
14
Airvantage PTY LTDIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa51-20053

“How do you reduce churn and grow revenue in unbanked markets?”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
15
WizzitIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa11-5036

“Wizzit is a new digital payments company headed out of London.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
16
Mpowa FinanceStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa11-5030

“An innovative Fintech operating in the Financial Services sector offering Short Term Loans to individuals.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
17
IMB Financial ServicesStrong evidence
Cape Town, South Africa51-20030

“IMB Financial Services is a Fintech start-up based in South Africa mobilizing money through cell phone technology to create wealth & solve real world problems in emerging markets.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
18
Finch TechnologiesIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa11-5024

“OUR MISSION With the move to a digital-first world, most companies are stuck trying to bridge inefficiencies between themselves and their customers.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
19Bellville, South Africa11-5021

“Addendum provides financial technology solutions to companies and funders and aims to become the benchmark for best execution in our targeted markets.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
20
Origin FintechStrong evidence
Cape Town, South Africa11-5021

“Accelerating Fintech Innovation Since 2008 Your Strategic Partner in Financial Technology Excellence.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
21
Block Markets AfricaIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa11-5020

“Block Markets Africa is dedicated to pioneering the new world of tokenised public and private sector solutions that will help create an inclusive and equitable financial future…”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
22
BANCXStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa51-20019

“A FinTech platform helping companies and banks on the embedded finance and BaaS journey.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
23
Profitshare PartnersStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa11-5017

“Empowering SME growth, ProfitShare Partners is a groundbreaking FinTech company providing short-term Business Funding.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
24
justmoney.co.zaIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa51-20016

“JustMoney empowers you to make good money choices, setting you on the path to financial freedom.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026
25
Paypoint PTY LTDStrong evidence
Illovo, South Africa11-5014

“Paypoint is a FinTech, service and technology company, providing debit, credit, and mobile payment solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026

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Fintech companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Aug 29, 2026
11-50Median size (employees)
JohannesburgLargest hub · 40 HQs
115Contacts with mobile numbers
Aug 29, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
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11-50
44
51-200
18
201-500
2
501-1,000
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1,001-5,000
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10001+
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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 fintech companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, 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 “fintech companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among fintech companies, 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 an evidence 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, 1,549 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 August 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
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Frequently asked

How many fintech companies are based in South Africa?

The directory contains 128 fintech companies based in South Africa. It also includes 3,953 contacts and 1,549 email addresses for business research.

What do fintech companies do?

Fintech companies provide technology-enabled financial products, services, or infrastructure, including payments, lending, banking, investing, insurance, and financial management tools.

Which city has the most fintech companies on the list?

Johannesburg is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list. The directory was updated in August 2026.

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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 SmartSearch, 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.