What is Capitec Pay?

Capitec Pay is an easy, fast and safe way to check out, pay bills or buy prepaid electricity and water online. Why? You don’t need to enter your bank card details or share your banking login information.

 

Why use Capitec Pay?

All you need when you use Capitec Pay is just your cellphone, account or ID number. 

  • You don’t enter your bank card details or share your banking login info
  • It’s convenient. Checkout quick-quick anywhere you see Capitec Pay
  • It’s safe. Approve your purchase on our app

How to use Capitec Pay

Check out or pay online in a few easy steps:

  • Choose Capitec Pay through the payment provider
  • Enter your cellphone, account or ID number
  • Sign in on our app and approve your payment

Note: If you’re already signed into our app, tap Transact then Capitec Pay to approve the payment

Pay easily with Capitec Pay at these brands

 

Capitec Pay is available through these payment providers

 

Bob Pay Logo

 

CarTrack logo

 

EasyPay logo

 

EasyEquities logo

 

Flutterwave logo

 

Greyhound Coach Lines logo

 

Moment Co logo

 

Netcash logo

 

Ozow logo

 

OwnPay logo

 

Payfast logo

 

Pay@ logo

 

PayGenius logo

 

PayM8 logo

 

PayU logo

 

Peach logo

 

Precium Logo

 

SIDpayment logo

 

Sticitt logo

 

Stitch logo

 

Swiffy logo

UtiliPay logo

 

WalletDoc logo

 

 

 

FAQs

Capitec Pay supports card‑free EFT payments directly from a Capitec account.

It’s not a card payment. When you choose Capitec Pay, we send an EFT payment request to our app, where you approve the payment.

You don’t need to use your card or enter card details or banking login information at checkout.

Paying with Capitec Pay is secure because you don’t need to enter your bank card details or banking login information.

Every payment must be approved by you on our app. If you don’t approve it, the payment won’t go through.

It costs just R1 to pay using Capitec Pay.

Yes. When you approve a Capitec Pay payment on our app, you can choose which account or card to pay from:

  1. On the Capitec Pay approval screen, tap From account
  2. Switch to any of your accounts, including your Credit Card

You can also set your default account for Capitec Pay on our app:

  1. Tap Transact
  2. Choose Capitec Pay
  3. Tap Default account

Choose what works best for you based on where you’re paying and what payment methods are available:

  • For online shopping, you can use Capitec Pay where it’s available. It’s quick, easy and safe. You don’t need to enter your card details or banking login information. You just approve the payment safely on our app
  • For in‑store purchases, you can use your card, or you can use cardless options like Scan to Pay or digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay for quick, contactless checkout

Once you’ve approved a Capitec Pay payment on our app it can’t be cancelled.

If something goes wrong, contact the merchant directly to request a refund. If a dispute is unresolved after contacting the merchant, you can call our 24hr Client Care Centre on 0860 10 20 43.