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Top 25 Fintech payment networks based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 64 fintech payment networks headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 2,886 professional contacts across them, including 1,402 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.
This list covers fintech payment networks 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 28, 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.
The 25 largest fintech payment networks based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 504 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MTN MoMo is a fintech platform providing consumers and businesses with a host of innovative digital financial services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Payfast by Network, we’re always open - to business, to tech, to innovation and to you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Peach Payments enables Simple, Seamless and Secure transactions for business and consumers in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We move the money that moves South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 142 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PayJustNow is an innovative payment platform, offering flexible retail payment options to consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Your payments partner for growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At EasyPay we strive to provide innovative payment solutions for bill payments both online and in our retail space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Providing payment solutions, hardware and payment platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're an alternative payments ecosystem with solutions that empower the cash consumer main market to connect to the digital economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Accelerating Fintech Innovation Since 2008 Your Strategic Partner in Financial Technology Excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Adumo Online operates as a leading payment enabler, with all the services clients need to conduct secure, cashless payment transactions in both domestic and international markets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PAYMENT SOLUTIONS - SIMPLIFIED We help companies implement solutions that enable payments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Paypoint is a FinTech, service and technology company, providing debit, credit, and mobile payment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is simple - to provide future-focused solutions that help small and large businesses thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: fintech payment networks. 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 fintech payment networks.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of fintech payment networks, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name fintech payment networks. 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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Fintech payment networks based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 28, 2026Companies by employee count
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 64 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 fintech payment networks, 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 “fintech payment networks”. 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 fintech payment networks), 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 fintech payment networks, 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, 1,402 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 28, 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 fintech payment networks, 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 fintech payment networks are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 64 fintech payment networks 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?
Momo From MTN, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most fintech payment networks?
Cape Town leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (14) and Sandton (8).
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 1,402 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 64 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 28, 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.
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