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Learn how the right payment gateway can help Kenya's short-term rental hosts increase direct bookings, accept secure local and international payments, and simplify payment management.

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PayGenius is now a FEDHASA partner helping hospitality businesses streamline payments. Learn more about how our payment gateway is helping African businesses.

Learn how PayGenius helps boost tourism bookings with a secure multi-currency payment gateway that improves trust, reduces friction, and increases conversions.

In today’s fast-moving digital economy, speed, convenience, and customer experience are critical to successful payments. Businesses no longer want complex checkout processes or delayed collections. Instead, they want simple, secure ways to get paid instantly, securely and seamlessly. This is why we at PayGenius are excited to launch our new WhatsApp payment link feature which enables merchants to send payment links directly via WhatsApp from the PayGenius platform, on both m

Discover how African businesses can scale online with the WooCommerce + PayGenius integration and experience secure payments, local gateways, and flexible B2B solutions.

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Image: Pexels Navigating the increasingly interconnected global travel and ticketing economy requires a new set of tools to ensure no sales are missed. This is crucial for success within Africa’s fast-growing travel and ticketing landscape where quoting prices in a strong, widely accepted currency can unlock more conversions. At the same time, merchants prefer settlement in local currency - South African Rand (ZAR). PayGenius’s Request in Currency feature delivers on both,

Discover how PayGenius’ new Value-Added Services help merchants buy prepaid electricity, airtime, and data directly from their dashboard - instantly and securely.

Empowering Africa’s Digital Economy One Market at a Time In an exciting step forward for African payments, PayGenius, a leading African payment gateway dedicated to simplifying online payments for businesses across the continent has officially expanded its services to Kenya, one of Africa’s most dynamic and innovative digital economies. Often called the Silicon Savannah, Kenya continues to lead the way in technology adoption and mobile payments, making it the ideal environme

In competitive industries like travel, hospitality, tourism and e-commerce, every click counts - especially the ones at checkout. At PayGenius , we help businesses streamline their payment processes to eliminate friction, enhance trust, and drive more revenue. Our platform is built to support your growth, offering a full suite of multi-currency, multi-method payment solutions from Visa, Mastercard, Diners, Amex to Instant EFT and mobile wallets. We understand that the dig

At PayGenius , we’re committed to building Africa’s payment future by empowering merchants with seamless, reliable integrations to help them successfully deliver a frictionless guest experience within Africa’s increasingly competitive, dynamic B2B landscape. One of our key hospitality partners is Profitroom , an award-winning booking engine and hotel marketing platform that helps properties maximize direct bookings and guest loyalty. Trusted by top hospitality brands across

2 Factor Authentication (2FA) Why Two-Factor Authentication Matters for Your Business In today’s digital world, passwords alone aren’t...

We’re proud to announce a major milestone in the PayGenius journey: we have been named “Best Payment Solution of the Year” at the 2025...

In the world of digital payments, businesses often use pre-authorization charges (also called holds) to secure funds before a final...

The Pre-Authorization (Hold) feature allows merchants to secure funds on a client's card without charging them immediately . This is...

Tired of manually following up on payments? With the new reminder feature on Email Pay, you can schedule automatic payment reminders for your clients at a specific date and time, no more stress! 🙂 🔹 How It Works: Send a payment request via Email Pay. Find the request and click the alarm icon under the Actions column. Set your preferred reminder date and time. 💡 If your client pays before the reminder is triggered, no reminder will be sent! You can also send an instant remi

Refunds were limited to credit or debit card transactions. But we’re excited to announce that merchants can now process refunds for...

Managing virtual cards from platforms like Booking.com and Expedia has always been a challenge for many hospitality businesses. While these virtual cards were previously processed through POS machines, we at PayGenius have simplified this process by allowing merchants to seamlessly process and manage these payments directly through our platform. What’s New? With the newly introduced Virtual Card Payments feature on PayGenius, you can now: Process virtual card payments in

PayPal is now available as a payment option on our platform! This new feature enables you to offer a secure and trusted payment method...