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Paystack breaks an 18-month public changelog silence with a small but practical fee-control toggle.

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◆Current state
Paystack's public changelog had been dormant since late 2024 and just resumed with a fee pass-through setting in the Nigeria Dashboard. Looking back across the last 10 entries, the visible body of work is a pan-African expansion story: new payment methods (OPay, PocketApp, Apple Pay), geographic launches and beta cohorts (Kenya transfers, Virtual Terminal across four countries, beta access in Cote d'Ivoire/Egypt/Rwanda), and merchant tooling (Payouts on Demand, Direct Debit beta, international cards on Terminal).
◆Where it's heading
The product is clearly oriented around two threads, geographic breadth and Nigeria-market depth, but the long quiet period on the public changelog is itself the most notable signal. The new fee-passing feature reads as a return to incremental Nigeria-market polish rather than a strategic shift. Until the cadence picks up, treat any single release as either resumed dashboard maintenance or a hint at a larger announcement being staged.
◆Prediction
If the changelog is genuinely active again, expect a backlog of smaller dashboard and checkout features to ship in the coming weeks. The more interesting signal would be a geographic activation update (Egypt or Rwanda graduating from beta) or a new payment method on Checkout in one of the newer markets.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6d ago

    🇳🇬 Pass transaction fees to customers from your Paystack Dashboard

    Nigerian merchants can now toggle whether they or their customers absorb the Paystack transaction fee, calculated automatically at checkout. Useful for low-margin verticals and operationally simple, though the bigger story is that this is the first public release on the changelog in roughly 18 months.

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  2. 1y ago

    Introducing Pay with OPay on Paystack Checkout

    OPay on Paystack Checkout brought another major Nigerian wallet onto the merchant-facing payment surface in late 2024. Fits the steady widening of accepted methods in Paystack's home market.

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  3. 1y ago

    Introducing Paystack Transfers in Kenya 🇰🇪

    Single and bulk transfers in Kenya to any bank or MPESA destination (including Paybills and Tills) extended payouts coverage into one of the largest African mobile-money markets. A real capability step rather than a methods refresh.

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  4. 1y ago

    🇳🇬 Paystack Terminal now accepts international cards!

    Paystack Terminal added international card acceptance in naira for Nigerian businesses, opening a useful but opt-in surface for travel and tourist-facing merchants.

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  5. 1y ago

    Introducing Pay with Pocket on Paystack Checkout

    PocketApp acceptance on Checkout added another Nigerian wallet to Paystack's payment menu. Pattern-matches the OPay launch a few weeks later, both extending wallet coverage for the home market.

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  6. 1y ago

    Introducing Paystack Virtual Terminal in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa

    Virtual Terminal rolled out to Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa in mid-2024, giving merchants in those markets in-person acceptance without hardware cost. One of the more substantive geographic moves visible in the recent history.

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