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Absa Bank Planned Large Software Release on 14-15 March 2026

Mar 15 at 01:00am CAT  –  Mar 15 at 07:00am CAT
Affected services
Collections
Mandates
Payments
Real-time Payments
Verifications

Resolved
Mar 15 at 01:00am CAT

Dear Valued Client

Please take note Absa Bank Ltd has a planned Large Software Release this
upcoming weekend.

Change Window:
Start: Saturday, 14 March 2026 23:00
End: Sunday, 15 March 2026 05:00

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.