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BankservAfrica EFT

ACH

South Africa's primary automated clearing house, operated by BankservAfrica. Processes batch EFT debit and credit instructions with same-day, one-day, and two-day settlement options.

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Record · BankservAfrica EFT

Country
South Africa (ZA)
Currency
South African Rand (ZAR)
Operator
BankservAfrica
Type
ACH
Operating Window
05:00–18:00 UTC · Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr,Sa
Year Established
1972
Daily Volume
N/A
Tier?
Tier 2
ISO 20022?
Legacy
Region
Middle East & Africa
Settlement Type?
Net
Participants
19 banks
Availability
Business days
Notes

BankservAfrica rebranded to PayInc SA in August 2025. SARB acquired 50% stake in PayInc (Oct 2025). PayInc is the largest ACH operator in Africa, processing ~3.7B transactions worth ~R18T annually across all services (EFT, RTC, DebiCheck). EFT payments are processed in batch files with sub-services: same-day value (SDV), one-day, and two-day settlement. Cleared EFT payments are final and irrevocable. PayInc also operates RTC (Real-Time Clearing). EFT credit average transaction value: ~R13,000 (Jul 2024). All-time monthly transaction record across all services: 176.3M (May 2025).

Operations · BankservAfrica EFT

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Not listed here: 1 tagged article that does not mention BankservAfrica EFT. All coverage is in Insights.