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Accept PayShap Payments on Your South African Shopify Stores

Empower Your Checkout with Instant PayShap Transfers

What is PayShap?

PayShap is a real-time payment service in South Africa, developed by the South African Reserve Bank and BankservAfrica. It enables fast, secure, and low-cost payments between individuals and businesses using a bank account or ShapID.

How PayShap Works

At checkout, customers select PayShap, enter the recipient’s ShapID (such as a mobile number) or account number, and confirm the payment. Funds are transferred instantly, anytime, day or night, 365 days a year.

Supported Currencies & Countries

PayShap operates exclusively within South Africa and supports payments in South African Rand (ZAR). It enables instant interbank payments between participating South African banks.

Why Shopify Merchants Should Accept PayShap

  • Faster Payments: Receive funds instantly with PayShap, reducing settlement delays and improving business cash flow.
  • Secure & Trusted: Developed by national financial authorities, PayShap ensures high-level security, regulatory compliance, and user confidence.
  • Wider Market Reach: By simplifying digital payments without requiring cards, PayShap allows more local customers to shop online with ease.

Adding PayShap to Your Shopify Store

Integrating PayShap into your Shopify store allows you to offer a trusted, local payment option that boosts conversions. Customers enjoy faster checkouts, and merchants benefit from quick settlements and simple setup.

Want to enable PayShap for your customers? Contact us today to get started!


Shopify + PayShap: South African Merchant Payment Guide

PayShap

Shopify + PayShap: South African Merchant Payment Guide

Simple Setup Process

Installing the PayShap CartDNA Shopify app is quick and easy—just click install, enter your API credentials, and activate. After purchasing the app license, you can start accepting PayShap payments from your customers instantly.

Business Location

Great news for international merchants! You can now accept PayShap payments through CartDNA’s Shopify app, even if your business isn’t based in South Africa. Contact us for more details.

Seamless Transactions

PayShap offers seamless, real-time bank-to-bank payments, ensuring fast, secure, and easy transactions without the need for cards—ideal for quick, hassle-free payments in South Africa.

PayShap Shopify App

CartDNA’s Shopify-approved PayShap app integrates directly with Shopify Checkout, works seamlessly with Shopify, and can be used alongside Shopify Payments with no restrictions.

Features

Payment type Bank Transfer
Merchant locations

Africa

South Africa

Currencies

Settlement currency :

ZAR

Processing Currency :

ZAR

Other

Local entity required :

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Sales day payout :

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Recurring :

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Subscription :

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