There’s Always Opportunities in a Crisis for Entrepreneurs
When one door closes another opens, and 2020 has closed a lot of doors, opening up new ones to things like working from home, learning online or buying and selling on a website or an app.
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South Africa’s online retail opportunity hides in the trust gap
Payment gateways and partners in the ecommerce ecosystem need to assure consumers that shopping online is safe and secure.
Why good marketing ideas get stuck in the development queue
Disconnects between marketing and development teams can leave customer experience problems unresolved, even when both sides are trying to address the same problem.
Without payment analytics, payment data doesn't tell the full story of business performance
Businesses have access to more payments data than ever, but turning that information into meaningful insights remains a challenge. Understanding why payments fail, identifying sales trends, and uncovering opportunities to improve conversions requires more than numbers alone.
2026 Online Retail Report just launched. Here's what you need to know
South African online retail just passed 10% of national retail spend, and the constraint has shifted from whether a payment gateway can complete a transaction to whether the customer chooses to.
Meet Tegan: Turning Risk into a Growth Enabler
How a proactive risk management philosophy and structured onboarding framework empower merchants to trade safely across Africa via their payment gateway.
Empowering Change: Reshaping Payments
She spends her days solving problems behind the scenes of South Africa's largest retailer - and this Women's Month, Chanelle Badenhorst wants to talk about that, not the crown.
Meet Akshay: Solving complexity on the front line
Akshay Jugjeewon, our Pre-solution Architect, helps merchants solve this exact challenge. Akshay works on the front lines, helping enterprise merchants simplify their setup so they can focus on what they do best: growing their business.
‘Prove you're human’ is the wrong security question in agentic commerce
For 20 years, payment security treated bots as the enemy. Agentic commerce just flipped that assumption upside down.
Solving complexity: Part 2 - The Strategic Pivot
In Part 1, we covered how building a robust pan-African payments business is not for the faint hearted. Complexity comes with growth and businesses looking for a payment provider that alleviates the stress of scalign their business across products and regions don't need to look much further. We've constantly solve for Africa's biggest problems around fragmentation. Part 2 covers how we do this.
Solving complexity: Part 1 - The Irony of Progress
Building a robust pan-African payments platform is not for the faint hearted. For over a decade Peach Payments has identified, absorbed and solved the complexity for merchants as they scale.
Retail & E-Commerce payments—The Conversion Engine
According to the latest findings of the 2025 Online Retail in South Africa report, the sector is set to surpass R130 Billion this year. This represents nearly 10% of total retail.
Travel & Hospitality Payments - Fly me to the boom
The guest experience at any hotel begins long before check-in and extends well after checkout. Yet behind the scenes, hotel payment systems are fragmented, manual and vulnerable, which can undermine what guests encounter at a property. Here's how to solve them.
Five payment pain points hotels face and how to solve them
The guest experience at any hotel begins long before check-in and extends well after checkout. Yet behind the scenes, hotel payment systems are fragmented, manual and vulnerable, which can undermine what guests encounter at a property. Here's how to solve them.
Giving your customers the ultimate checkout shortcut with Embedded Express
Embedded Checkout merchants can add one-click Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Google Pay directly to product pages. Skip the cart, eliminate the typing, and watch your conversion rates climb.
PayJustNow on Peach Payments’ POS device improves in-store payment experience
PayJustNow is now available on the Peach Payments POS devices, giving merchants a smarter way to offer Buy Now, Pay
Later and retail credit options at checkout.
Peach Payments brings Apple Pay to merchants
Peach Payments brings Apple Pay to merchants in Mauritius. Discover how to offer your customers a safer, more secure way to pay using iPhone and Apple Watch.
From Check-in to Check-out
Optimize your guest experience from check-in to check-out. Learn how seamless travel payment solutions, from BNPL to payment links, drive more bookings.
How Multiple Payment Options Improve Online Travel Sales
Our new travel research in partnership with PayJustNow and Phocuswright, reveals how flexible payment options can double BNPL market share and boost online travel conversions.
The New Standard for Payouts in South Africa
South African businesses track inbound payments obsessively; yet payouts often remain a blind spot. As volumes grow, incorrect or manipulated bank details quietly increase fraud and failure risk. Real-Time Clearance Payouts with Bank Verification validates beneficiary details before funds move, turning outbound payments into a controlled, measurable financial function.
Peach Payments and Yoyo add bank card-linked loyalty to Digit Pro POS device
No need to swipe loyalty cards or access separate screens to earn or burn rewards
Black Friday up 93% over 2024, R1,86bn processed
South Africa-based digital payments platform Peach Payments shares 2025 Black Friday, Cyber Monday weekend results.
Bringing Our New Peach Values to Life
At Peach Payments, our new values were crafted by our people, for our people. Discover how a team-led redesign is shaping our culture, deepening collaboration, and powering our growth across Africa.
Samsonite in-store payment methods
Choose your favourite way to pay! Samsonite offers MoneyBadger, Payflex, RCS and Mobicred.
How global and regional companies can use the Mauritius IFC to centralise online payments and treasury functions
Learn how the IFC is swiftly becoming a pivotal hub for global and regional companies seeking to optimise online payment acceptance and centralise treasury operations.
# PeachFriday Merchant Deals 2025
Check out the amazing Black Friday sales that some of our favourite stores are running!
A merchant’s guide to chargebacks
Payments 101: Chargebacks won't disappear. Here is a guide on how to manage them. Chargebacks aren’t simply refunds wrapped in admin. They’re a formal, bank-led reversal of a card payment after a customer disputes a transaction.
Four Black Friday payment realities for merchants
Discover the four Black Friday payment realities Enterprise merchants need to consider to build trust with customers and grow revenue with help from a world-class payment gateway.
What are Direct Merchant Accounts (ISO) versus Aggregation Accounts?
What payments processing model should you consider, thinking of diving into the world of online payments? It's more than just accepting a transaction payment.
What Is 3RI? Everthing you need to know about Requestor-Initiated Authentication
Payments 101: Why 3RI is set to change recurring transactions, subscription renewal, installment payment, or delayed shipping charges.
Highlights from the 2025 World Wide Worx Online Retail Report
The 2025 World Wide Worx report, sponsored by Peach Payments, Mastercard and AskAfrika, reveals that convenience is now the benchmark, trust is the currency and payments are the bridge.
What is Interchange? Everything you need to know about interchange fees
Payments 101 : A clear guide for SA merchants on fee flows. Interchange fees can feel like a complex part of the payments world, but they're a big deal for any business that accepts card payments.
Cadana Pay x Peach Payments: Unlocking seamless global Payouts
The API integration process was one of the smoothest they had experienced, completed by an engineer in just two to three days. With 50-55% cost savings, Cadana Pay significantly reduced costs by switching to Peach Payments.