This article showcases our top picks for the best Cape Town based Payment & Fintech companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Payment & Fintech industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Cape Town Payment & Fintech Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Yoco
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Yoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa.
PayGate
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PayGate offers leading payment services to enterprise companies worldwide.
Nomanini
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Fintech SaaS platform to deliver digital financial services to the informal retail trade.
Payment24
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Payment24 is an International Fuel Payment Solutions Provider based in Cape Town and Berlin
Peach Payments
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Peach Payments provides payment solutions to online and mobile businesses.
SnapScan
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SnapScan is a free and fast way to pay using your phone.
Payfast
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PayFast is a payments processing service for South Africans & South African websites. It integrates into 80+ different ecommerce platforms.
Electrum
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Electrum builds software that represents the next generation of payments technology.
Ecentric
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Ecentric is a payment switching and retail value added services provider.
FomoTravel
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FomoTravel is a unique social savings platform that allows keen travellers to pay for future travel experiences.
Uprise.Africa
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The first Equity Crowdfunding platform in South Africa
Netcash
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Netcash specialises in providing secure, online transaction processing services for SMEs in South Africa.
PayJustNow
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PayJustNow offers a risk-free payment option to pay the amount in 3 installments with zero interest to online shopping.
Wallettec (Pty) Ltd
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Wallettec is a SaaS platform that enables retailers to accept any type of mobile transaction or currency type at their Point of Sale.
Karri
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Karri system allows parents to easily pay for their child’s events and other expenses using mobile application.
MyGate
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MyGate is a financial services and payment solutions company that provides platforms for switch financial transactions.
Slide Financial
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Slide Financial offers customizable mobile payment solutions for platforms and marketplaces.
Xago Technologies
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Xago Technologies provides secure, traceable and effective financial solutions.
LayUp Technologies
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LayUp Technologies is a payment solution company.
Stanchion
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Stanchion provides payments security, consulting, payment management support and systems integration solutions for banks and credit unions.
Vizibiliti Insight Africa
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Vizibiliti Insight Africa is a Fintech business specialising in alternative credit scoring.
Bitsure
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Bitsure is an interoperable payment platform that enables retailers to accept new and innovative payment methods in-store.
Crossgate
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Crossgate is a payment card manufacturers, mobile payment experts, processors and other technology providers that enable commerce.
Rand Trust Financiers
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Invoice discounting is a fast, effective and affordable way to increase your cash flow.
Kazang
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Kazang provides value-added transaction services with DSTV subscription payments and RICA registration.
ZipZap
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ZipZap’s philosophy is all about growing small businesses by giving them a mobile, cost-effective POS payment solution.
Swift Merchant Services
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Swift Merchant Services is a company that offers online payment solutions primarily to businesses in South Africa.
Entellipay
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Entellipay was a credit card processing technology/payment gateway developed by Entelligence prior to its acquisition by MyGate
