Please take note Absa Bank Ltd has a planned Large Software Release this upcoming weekend.
Change Window: Start: Saturday, 10 October 2026 :23h00 PM End: Sunday, 11 October 2026: 05h00 AM
Impact services: All channels will be down during the change window as this is a large software release.
Business Integrator Online (BIO) RTC Payments (Real-time clearance) across all channels Payshap across all channels Host files (EFT and Debicheck) Corporate API (CAPI) CashSend across all channels NMB (Notify me for Business) AVS Account Holder Verification (Batch)
Client impact:
There will be downtime during the change window and a delay with the delivery of bank statements and response files on Sunday morning. The estimated time for the backlog of files to be cleared is around 11:00 AM.
Yours Sincerely The Absa Team
Posted Oct 08, 2026 - 11:37 CAT
This scheduled maintenance affects: Bank Integrations (ABSA Host - Submission Service, ABSA Host - Result Service, ABSA CAPI - DebiCheck Authentication Service).