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Global Financial Service Disruptions

Mastercard pre-authorisation processing (South Africa, via Paystack)

card network · ZA · Africa

UnexplainedStatus: resolvedTier 2Severity 1 of 5Evidence confidence: mediumAnalyst-verified

Paystack reported Mastercard pre-authorisation failures for South African merchants on 4 Nov 2026 for about 1.7 hours.

First disruption
Nov 4 08:57 UTC
First public signal
unknown
Acknowledged
unknown
Restored
Nov 4 10:36 UTC
Duration
1.65 hours
DFX first recorded
Nov 5 14:58 UTC

What was restricted

card authScope: single service

Cause, kept in separate layers

What the institution said
Preauthorization failures on Mastercard transactions; fix applied
DFX classification
Unexplained (cyber: unconfirmed)

Evidence