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PayFast

By PayFast
2.5 out of 5 stars
 4 reviews
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Making it simple for South African businesses to accept instant and secure payments online via Credit Card, Instant EFT, MasterPass, Bitcoin and more.
Rated
2.5
out of 5
Reviewed by
4
Xero users
Listed for
8 years
January 2017
Key functions
Payments

Overview

PayFast offers an online payment service to merchants of all sizes, providing access to a variety of payment methods, including credit card, Instant EFT, MasterPass, mobicred, SCode, debit card and Bitcoin. Without the need of a merchant account, a PayFast account can be activated within 24 hours and incurs no monthly or setup fees. PayFast supports both merchants and their customers and is packaged with advanced security layers and fraud detection. Integration with over 80 platforms provides seamless payment access to anything from ecommerce stores to invoicing and event ticketing.

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PayFast + Xero

Connecting Xero with PayFast allows users to send invoices with a ‘Pay Now’ link to offer customers a convenient way to settle their account. Invoices settled via PayFast automatically reflect as paid in Xero. Payment records are cleverly matched to your customer records in Xero.

Getting started

Sign up for a free PayFast account online and accept payment within 48 hours. You can enable the Xero integration through the settings page on the PayFast dashboard and follow the steps.

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Randall Morcom
Posted 25 Mar 2025
2 out of 5 stars

Incomplete Integration

Integration works only for transactions made against Xero invoices but not for any other PayFast transactions (like e-Commerce or POS sales). Those must still be manually imported, which is frustrating.
GJ
Grant Jolliffe
Posted 21 Sep 2021
3 out of 5 stars

PayFast / Xero integration

We have been using PayFast for a little over a year and found that it works as required - as soon as a customer makes payment, the transaction is automatically recorded in Xero and the fees are accounted for. Payouts do not appear to integrate quite as well though.
4 people found this review helpful.
DB
Dean Blackbeard
Posted 18 May 2020
Might be the same issue I had, but it seems that PayFast only records transactions made from the PayFast settlement link which is added onto invoices when you integrate PayFast and Xero. If you have an e-commerce channel where sales are made, as an example, those will not update in the PayFast feed. Which makes it a completely useless integration. You either capture everything or nothing. See here: https://support.payfast.co.za/article/269-how-does-the-xero-integration-work https://support.payfast.co.za/article/254-why-are-the-transactions-not-showing-in-xero
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Additional info

Functions

Payments

Industries

ManufacturingProfessional servicesRetail

App details

By PayFast
Added in 2017

Countries

South Africa

Languages

English

Support

Setup walkthroughIntegration walkthrough

Contact

+27 (12) 300 4455

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