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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.
The 25 largest fintech companies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 517 | ||||
“Lesaka is a South African financial technology company.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 472 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 444 | ||||
“This is a test page” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 254 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 214 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 147 | ||||
“At Pepkor Payments and Lending (PPL), our purpose is to make every day affordable for our customers.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 146 | ||||
“We move the money that moves South Africa.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 145 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 136 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 114 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 87 | ||||
“Truevo is a multinational fintech company focused on changing the payments industry across Europe.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 83 | ||||
“Your payments partner for growth.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 53 | ||||
“How do you reduce churn and grow revenue in unbanked markets?” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 36 | ||||
“Wizzit is a new digital payments company headed out of London.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 30 | ||||
“An innovative Fintech operating in the Financial Services sector offering Short Term Loans to individuals.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 30 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 24 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 21 | ||||
“Accelerating Fintech Innovation Since 2008 Your Strategic Partner in Financial Technology Excellence.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 20 | ||||
“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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 19 | ||||
“A FinTech platform helping companies and banks on the embedded finance and BaaS journey.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 | ||||
“Empowering SME growth, ProfitShare Partners is a groundbreaking FinTech company providing short-term Business Funding.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 16 | ||||
“JustMoney empowers you to make good money choices, setting you on the path to financial freedom.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 14 | ||||
“Paypoint is a FinTech, service and technology company, providing debit, credit, and mobile payment solutions.” Source: company website · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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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.
- 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.
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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.