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PayBeta

Buy Now Pay Later that actually approves South African customers — from salaried buyers to informal traders and students.

Who it's for

Built for the businesses that actually need this.

Retailers with mid-to-high ticket items
E-commerce needing higher conversion
Omnichannel retailers
Services businesses selling packages
Key features

Everything PayBeta does out of the box.

Underwriting tuned for SA

Models built on South African income patterns — not imported from Europe or the US.

Approves the underserved

Self-employed, informal traders and students get realistic approval rates.

You get paid upfront

PayBeta pays the merchant in full. We collect from the customer.

In-store and online

Terminal integration for retail, checkout SDK and payment link options for online.

Compliant infrastructure

Built on NCR-registered credit provider infrastructure — no compliance workarounds.

Payout calculator

Estimate Your PayBeta Payouts

These figures are estimates. Final PayBeta fees depend on your industry, average basket size, and agreement terms.

Estimate Your Monthly Payout

Gross monthly PayBeta salesR 20 000,00
Merchant service fee (6% excl. VAT)R 1 200,00
You receiveR 18 800,00

See a Single Sale Example

Sale amountR 1 500,00
Merchant service fee (6% excl. VAT)R 90,00
You receive upfrontR 1 410,00
Instalment 1
R 375,00
Instalment 2
R 375,00
Instalment 3
R 375,00
Instalment 4
R 375,00

Illustrative example only — the customer's actual repayment frequency and number of instalments depend on their income type (salaried, self-employed, daily trader, grant recipient, or student) and PayBeta's assessment. You are paid upfront regardless of the customer's repayment schedule.

How it works

Four steps from first call to live.

01

Integrate

Terminal switch or checkout SDK — live in weeks.

02

Customer applies

In-cart or in-store, decisioned in seconds.

03

You get paid

Merchant settlement upfront, minus a small fee.

04

We collect

Instalment schedule managed by us, powered by DebiCheck.

Common questions

About PayBeta.

How is the merchant paid?
Upfront on completion of the transaction, net of the merchant discount rate. You carry no customer credit risk.
What approval rates should we expect?
Depends on your customer mix — we share benchmarks by segment on the first call. Generally higher than international BNPL competitors in SA.
Is PayBeta regulated?
Yes — operates under NCR-registered credit infrastructure with full affordability assessments.
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Tell us a bit about your business and we'll get back to you within one working day.

One conversation, no obligation
Direct access to a real person on our team
Onboarding in days, not months