Peach Payments—a fast-growing African payment service provider (PSP) that allows businesses to easily accept payments online, in-app, and in-store—has officially enabled Apple Pay acceptance for its merchants in Mauritius. This matters because adding Apple’s NFC-based digital wallet that lets users tokenize payment cards will strengthens Mauritius's position as a modern fintech-friendly market.
The integration—which allows businesses using Peach Payments’ gateway and POS infrastructure to accept Apple Pay both online and in-store—will use the power of Apple's iOS system to protect every transaction for customers using iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, or Mac (via Safari checkout).
Notably, Apple Pay use Apple’s NFC-based digital wallet that lets users tokenize payment cards and each transaction carried out on the system is protected through biometric-authenticated methods such as Face ID, Touch ID, or a device passcode, and will also be verified via a unique one-time dynamic security code.
Therefore, customers whose credit or debit cards have been linked to Apple Pay can now seamlessly, easily and securely make payments at local grocery stores, pharmacies, eateries, taxi apps for transportation, coffee shops, retail stores, e-commerce sites like Jumia and Amazon, and other types of businesses that use Peach Payments' gateway.
The key benefits of this integration for customers is that they do not need to accounts at every seller platforms/sites/apps or repeatedly type in shipping and billing details to complete payments because Apple Pay has eliminated all of that. Once customers linked their cards, they just need to hold their Apple device near a contactless payment terminal and authenticate the transaction with Face ID or passcode.
The Apple Pay-Peach Payments launch positions Mauritius—which has a very high mobile penetration rate of 170%—as only the second African market where Peach Payments supports Apple Pay after South Africa. Mauritius has more than 2.15 million mobile subscriptions despite a population of about 1.26 million people. Meanwhile, Apple devices are estimated to account for around 16% of all mobile and tablet devices used in the country.
The Integration of PayJustNow
Peach Payments never cease to expand its service offerings to merchants. In addition to Apple Pay integration, the company has also expanded checkout options with the integration of PayJustNow—a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment solution that allows shoppers to split purchases into interest-free instalments instead of paying the full amount upfront.
This service is also extended to the platform's point-of-sale (POS) system, allowing merchants using the POS terminals to offer a retail credit options in-store, including Pay in 3 and Pay in 12 instalment plans, to customers. This credit options allow customers to pay over three or twelve instalments, while merchants receive the full payment immediately.
However, it is important to note that Peach Payments’ BNPL service was already available in South Africa to help businesses increase conversions and average basket sizes. The company has now added it directly to its checkout payment options, allowing customers to access credit seamlessly at checkout pages or POS terminals.
So, the main purpose of expanding the credit facility into the checkout process is to emphasise speed, reduce friction, and improve operational efficiency for businesses adopting flexible payment options.
Companies' Profiles
Peach Payments
Peach Payments is a fast-growing African payment service provider (PSP) that is operating across South Africa, Kenya, and Mauritius. However, that is not the only markets it operates, the company has been aggressively expanding its footprint across Africa, including its recent acquisition of PayDunya in Francophone West Africa.
Peach Payments was founded in 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa, by Rahul Jain and Andreas Demleitner. The country remains its largest market, where it is regarded as one of the country’s biggest online payment gateways and it also has the strongest merchant presence there.
The company's core services are payment gateways, online checkout, POS solutions, payouts, recurring billing, multi-currency processing and more. Bringing Apple Pay to merchants in Mauritius shows the company's commitment to becoming a pan-African premium payments infrastructure company.
Apple Pay
Apple Pay is Apple’s owned NFC-based digital wallet that allows users tokenize payment cards and make biometric-authenticated payments using Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcodes. The digital wallet app is available for download on iOS app store and Google Play Store for both iPhone and Android users respectively.
Launched in 2014 by former Apple CEO Tim Cook and his executive team, Apple Pay, however, officially entered Mauritius in May 2026 through support from Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB). MCB allows local customers to securely link their MCB Mastercard and Visa cards to the Apple Wallet to make contactless transactions.
Peach Payments then became one of the first PSPs to operationalise merchant acceptance. Peach Payments' Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Rahul Jain said “Peach Payments was the first PSP to offer Apple Pay in South Africa in 2021 and is pleased to help launch it in Mauritius.”
Conclusion
It's occurred twice that Peach Payments act fast to become the first PSP to operationalise merchant acceptance whenever Apple Pay enters into a market. This is because the company want to position itself fast as as an early innovator in digital payments while also giving merchants immediate access to a globally trusted payment method. It also gives Peach Payments’ a competitive advantage in emerging markets because it'll have build a stronger partnerships with banks, retailers, and enterprise merchants before wider market adoption accelerates.
