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Top 25 SaaS fintech companies based in South Africa

Name: SaaS fintech companies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026 73 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 73 SaaS fintech companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 3,692 professional contacts across them, including 1,646 with verified work emails and 129 with mobile numbers. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers SaaS fintech companies 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 6, 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 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

73Companies

3,692Contacts tracked

1,646Verified emails

129Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest SaaS fintech companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 73 SaaS fintech companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to SaaS fintech companies: 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	Lesaka Technologies INC	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	524 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lesaka is a South African financial technology company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
2	Momo From MTN	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	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 6, 2026
3	Ikhokha	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
4	YOCO	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	501-1,000	449 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Yoco is the all-in-one digital commerce platform for small businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
5	LULA	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	253 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lula is an innovative, and human-focused FinTech company on a mission to help small businesses make cash flow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
6	Q Link Holdings PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	163 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Q LINK is a trusted leader in the payments industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
7	Direct Transact	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	145 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We move the money that moves South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
8	Hyphen	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
9	Stitch	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
10	Connect Group South Africa	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	136 contacts →
	Partial 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 6, 2026
11	Transaction Junction	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	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 6, 2026
12	S1 Services	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Leading banks, credit unions, retailers, and processors need solutions that adapt to the increasing complex and challenging needs of their businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
13	Zapper	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Your payments partner for growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
14	IMB Financial Services	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	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 6, 2026
15	Mpowa Finance	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “An innovative Fintech operating in the Financial Services sector offering Short Term Loans to individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
16	Finch Technologies	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OUR MISSION With the move to a digital-first world, most companies are stuck trying to bridge inefficiencies between themselves and their customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
17	Stratech Strategic Technology Solutions	Partial evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At StraTech, we are revolutionising the fintech landscape with comprehensive solutions spanning the entire transaction value chain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
18	Dashpay	Partial evidence	Illovo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial 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 6, 2026
19	Addendum Financial Technologies	Indirect evidence	Bellville, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Addendum provides financial technology solutions to companies and funders and aims to become the benchmark for best execution in our targeted markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
20	Origin Fintech	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Accelerating Fintech Innovation Since 2008 Your Strategic Partner in Financial Technology Excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
21	Adumo Online	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect 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 6, 2026
22	Veneka	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Veneka: “to illuminate” Veneka enables Card, Mobile and e-Banking payment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
23	Araxi Previously Capital Appreciation	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
24	Paypoint PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Illovo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Paypoint is a FinTech, service and technology company, providing debit, credit, and mobile payment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
25	Thrive Trade	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	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 6, 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: SaaS fintech companies. 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 SaaS fintech companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of SaaS fintech companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name SaaS fintech companies. 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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SaaS fintech companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026

44.6%Verified-email coverage

3.5%Mobile-number coverage

50.6Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

24.7%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town

Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

1,5260–30

11331–60

161–90

090–180

6180+

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 SaaS fintech companies, 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 “SaaS fintech companies”. 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 SaaS fintech companies), 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 SaaS 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 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, 1,646 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 6, 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 SaaS fintech companies, 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 SaaS fintech companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 73 SaaS fintech companies 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?

Lesaka Technologies INC, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most SaaS fintech companies?

Cape Town leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (16) and Sandton (10).

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 1,646 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 73 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 6, 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.