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Charitable PayFast integration

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January 7, 2021

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Unlock Secure, Contactless Donations with PayFast

PayFast’s seamless integration with Charitable creates a powerful donation system that takes just minutes to set up. Donors enjoy a smooth, secure payment experience while you benefit from immediate payouts, recurring donations, and detailed reporting. With built-in security features and automated payment processing, you can focus on your mission while PayFast and Charitable handle the technical details of donation management.

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What PayFast and Charitable Can Do For You

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Top Reasons to Power Your Charitable Donations with PayFast

Instant Payment Integration

Quick and Easy Integration Process

Setting up PayFast with Charitable is quick and easy – anyone can do it! The process is designed to be user-friendly. You won’t need any coding experience or special technical skills to get started.

The whole setup usually takes between 5 to 10 minutes to complete. All you need to do is copy and paste your account details into the right places. Once you’re done, you can start accepting donations through PayFast instantly on your website.

Simple setup process

Minimal technical requirements

Automatic syncing

Enable PayFast payments
PayFast recurring donations

Accept Multicurrency Payments

Secure & Flexible Payments in South Africa

PayFast is specifically designed for the South African market with 18+ payment methods to choose from. You can accept donations in South African Rand (ZAR) as well as foreign currencies.

PayFast uses advanced fraud detection tools and secure encryption to ensure both your organization and your donors are protected. The system automatically flags suspicious transactions and provides real-time verification. 

This powerful combination gives South African organizations a secure, locally-optimized platform for accepting and managing donations of any size, from anywhere in the world.

Multiple layers of security

Accept donations in South African Rand (ZAR)

Multi-Currency support

Secure Regular Donors

Recurring Donations for Continuous Support

PayFast’s integration with Charitable lets your donors contribute to your cause regularly by choosing their preferred amount and schedule.

You can offer various donation schedules including monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, or annual payments.

Worried about more admin work? You can set up automations and you never have to worry about the next payment. We handle all the processing, saving you time and effort on administration.

Flexible recurring schedules

Automated billing

Secure card management

Payment methods supported by PayFast

Payment Methods Supported With PayFast

PayFast integration with Charitable allows you to accept donations through a wide range of payment options popular in South Africa. These include:

  • Card Payments (Visa, Mastercard)
  • Instant EFT
  • QR Code Payments
  • Apple Pay
  • Samsung Pay
  • Capitec Pay
  • SiD Secure EFT
  • Debit Cards (Maestro, Visa Electron)
  • Mobicred
  • Mukuru Pay
  • SnapScan
  • PayPal
  • MTN MoMoPay
  • Scan To Pay (powered by Ukheshe)
  • SCode
  • Store Cards (RCS)
  • Visa Checkout
  • MoreTyme (by TymeBank)
  • Zapper

Learn more about PayFast’s supported payment methods here »

While we try to keep this list updated to the best of our ability, payment methods and support tend to change from time to time. For the most current options, head over to the PayFast official website – we’ve just covered the highlights here so it’s always best to check directly with PayFast!

Payment methods supported by PayFast

Charitable + PayFast Tutorial

Charitable payfast tutorial

Learn how to boost your fundraising efforts by integrating PayFast with Charitable. This step-by-step guide will show you how to set up PayFast as a payment gateway, enable various payment methods, and configure options to maximize your nonprofit’s donation potential.

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Improvement Payments

💰 Accept Recurring Donations with Windcave and Charitable

A donor sets their gift up once on Windcave’s secure payment page, and Charitable bills every renewal after that on schedule. Why this is important:

🏦 Organizations banked in New Zealand or Australia: monthly giving on the gateway your bank already set you up with, with no second processor to onboard.
⛪ Churches taking regular tithes and offerings: congregants set their own schedule once, which is the simplest way to launch recurring church giving without a separate platform.
🌏 Groups with donors in several currencies: Windcave handles more than 20, so a supporter can give in the currency they actually hold.
📅 Operating funds rather than one-time campaigns: switch on Recurring Only mode and the one-off option disappears, so every gift to that campaign is a subscription.
🧾 Teams with no developer on staff: 3 sets of credentials pasted into a settings page, and no code anywhere.

Check out our announcement here.

automation update

⚡ Visual Automation Builder: Drag and Drop With No Code!

Charitable Automation Connect 2.3.0 introduces the Visual Automation Builder, a full-screen canvas that lays each automation out as a flow of connected cards: a trigger, optional conditions, and a list of actions that run in order.

🧩 Many actions, one trigger: Tag a donor, send an email, add a note, and fire a webhook from a single event, dragged into any order.

✉️ Act inside Charitable: New Send Email, Tag Donor, and Add Donor Note actions run with no external service required.

🔤 Merge tags: Personalize emails and notes with live fields like {first_name}, {total}, and {campaign_name}.

🔁 Apply to existing donors: Run Tag Donor and Add Donor Note against the donors you already have.

🖥️ Canvas or Simple: Switch views anytime, and automations built before 2.3.0 keep working unchanged.

Read more here.

Integration updated

📬 Introducing Brevo for Charitable: Turn Donors into Subscribers Automatically

The moment a supporter makes a gift is when they are most engaged. With the new Brevo integration for Charitable, you can automatically turn those one-time donors into long-term subscribers without touching a single spreadsheet.

Simply collect donor consent right on your donation form and start your welcome series immediately.

What’s New:

🔄 Automated Subscriber Sync: New donors who opt in are added straight to your Brevo contact list as soon as their payment clears—no manual exports or CSV imports required.

🎯 Granular Consent & Opt-In Control: Customize your checkbox label, choose whether it defaults to checked or unchecked, or turn on Brevo double opt-in to keep your list clean and compliant.

📋 Per-Campaign List Mapping: Route supporters to your global email list or map specific campaigns to targeted Brevo lists to tailor your follow-up messaging.

⚡ 5-Minute Setup: Connect instantly by pasting your Brevo API key into the Newsletter settings, map your contact fields, and start building your email list on autopilot.

Ready to grow your mailing list? Brevo is available now starting on the Charitable Plus plan—connect your account today!

recurring donations updated

💳 Introducing Card Updates: Fix Expired Cards Without Losing Subscriptions!

newExpired or updated credit cards are one of the biggest silent leaks in recurring fundraising. With Card Updates in the Recurring Donations extension, donors can now refresh their payment details directly—keeping their subscription, schedule, and giving history completely intact.

No canceled plans, no lost history, and zero administrative headache for your team.

What’s New:

⚡ 30-Second Self-Service: Donors get a dedicated “Update Card” button in their dashboard that opens Stripe’s secure, PCI-compliant Customer Portal to update card details instantly.

🔒 Scoped & Safe Access: Scoped exclusively to card updates by default, donors can’t accidentally cancel or alter their plans from inside the portal, keeping your webhooks and data in sync.

🤝 Admin-Assisted Support: Helping a donor on the phone? Open their secure Stripe portal in one click from your admin screen or generate a single-use update link to email them.

📋 Automatic Audit Trail: Every payment method update is recorded automatically with a timestamp in both system-wide logs and the individual donor’s profile.

Ready to protect your recurring revenue? Get the Plus or Pro plan and update Recurring Donations to 2.3.0+ and enable “Update Payment Method” under your Settings today!

Integration page builder

Divi Fans Rejoice! Native Divi 5 Campaign Progress Bar Module!

With our new native Divi 5 module, you can anchor your microsites with real-time fundraising stats directly on the visual canvas. Here’s how it works, and why it’s worth turning on today.

Create campaign updates that are VISUAL AND LIVE. You can also:

📊 Campaign Progress Bar: Drop a live progress bar into any Divi 5 layout and show goal progress in real time.

🎨 Deep styling controls: Easily customize the bar and track color, height, and radius to match your brand perfectly.

👁️ Visual Builder ready: Configure and preview everything directly on the Divi canvas as a first-class module.

🔁 Identical rendering: The same exact engine powers this module, meaning consistent design without legacy shims.

✅ Faster launches: Never leave the Divi 5 interface to configure shortcodes or guess how your goal labels will look.

Learn more here.