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Top 25 South african fintech companies based in South Africa

Name: South african fintech companies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 149 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 149 south african fintech companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 28,596 professional contacts across them, including 6,968 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers south african 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 21, 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 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

149Companies

28,596Contacts tracked

6,968Verified emails

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The 25 largest south african fintech companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 149 south african fintech companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to south african 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	Capitec	Strong evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	17,762 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Imagine simple, affordable banking solutions that work for you – just like it does for over 25 million South Africans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	RCS	Indirect evidence	Pinelands, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,541 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to RCS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Directaxis	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,025 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For over 30 years, DirectAxis has been a proudly South African business built on a simple idea: making a plan for your plan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Atlas Finance	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	594 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Atlas Finance operates as a South African Loan Provider specializing in short term loans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Lesaka Technologies INC	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	524 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Lesaka is a South African financial technology company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Momo From MTN	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
7	Flash Group	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	504 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A connected economy where no one is limited.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	YOCO	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
9	Net1 Ueps Technologies INC	Indirect evidence	Rosebank, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	446 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “This is a test page” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Onafriq	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	431 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a pioneering payments company building the African payments infrastructure for the next 100 years, Onafriq connects businesses to the continent through our global payment…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Unifi Africa	Partial evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	229 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are redefining credit in Africa with fast, simple lending that makes life easy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	JUMO	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	212 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Carry1st	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	179 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Carry1st is a leading consumer fintech platform, helping global brands unlock hard-to-reach markets by enabling local payments, boosting digital sales, and simplifying settlements…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Peach Payments	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	163 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Peach Payments enables Simple, Seamless and Secure transactions for business and consumers in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	BOB	Strong evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	157 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bob is a South African ecommerce and fintech company that unites Bob Shop, Bob Pay, Bob Go, and Bob Box to create a vertically integrated ecosystem - enabling buyers and sellers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Hyphen	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
17	Connect Group South Africa	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
18	Netcash	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	121 contacts →
	Strong evidence “With more than 20 years of experience in the payments industry, Netcash is a leading payments provider to businesses of all sizes throughout South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Citiq Prepaid	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	98 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Citiq Prepaid is a fintech company based in South Africa that specialises in utility micro-payments and is growing incredibly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Sasai Fintech	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sasai Fintech is a diversified and integrated fintech company offering digital financial services to Africa’s mobile consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	PAY	Strong evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	69 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Pay@ is a well-established and trusted bill and payment aggregator with operations in South Africa and several other African countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Select Africa Limited	Partial evidence	Illovo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Select Africa has been offering retail financial services to the non- or under-banked market in Africa for over 20 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	A2pay	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A2pay understand the unique challenges of working on the African continent and have therefore paid special attention to ensuring that the products and systems offer a high level…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Realpay	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At RealPay, we empower businesses across Africa with cutting-edge digital payments and collections solutions that enhance cash flow, boost efficiency, and ensure secure and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Genfin	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Too big for a standard bank loan?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: south african 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 south african fintech companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of south african fintech companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name south african 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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South african fintech companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

24.4%Verified-email coverage

191.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

28.9%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

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 149 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 south african 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 “south african 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 south african 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 south african 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, 6,968 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 21, 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.

South african fintech companies by metro

South african fintech companies in Johannesburg43
South african fintech companies in Cape Town32

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 south african 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 south african fintech companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 149 south african 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?

Capitec, headquartered in Stellenbosch, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most south african fintech companies?

Johannesburg leads with 43 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (32) 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 6,968 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 149 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 21, 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.