Aufort to Discontinue Operations on September 30, 2026

In Short

Aufort says it will discontinue active operations on September 30, 2026. Customers who hold gold in an Aufort Gold Account are being asked to sell it on the platform by that deadline.

What Happened

Aufort is a digital gold platform that lets customers open a gold account, buy and sell gold, and send gold to other users.

On its website, Aufort also describes options like withdrawing physical gold bars from an account, starting from 1 gram. It positions gold as a store of value, meaning an asset people hold to protect purchasing power over time.

Aufort has now announced it will discontinue its active operations on September 30, 2026. The company is asking customers holding gold in an Aufort Gold Account to sell their holdings through the platform no later than that date.

The product has marketed “send gold” as a fast way to transfer value globally with no fees for the transfer itself. In simple terms, that means moving ownership of gold between accounts, rather than sending bank money. Aufort also references distributed ledger technology, which is a shared record system often associated with blockchains.

Why It Matters

For users in Africa who use digital platforms to hedge currency risk, a shutdown creates time pressure and execution risk. Customers must decide whether to sell, withdraw physical gold if available to them, or move funds elsewhere before the deadline.

The update is also a reminder to read fee and exit terms closely for wealth and savings products. Even when transfers look “free,” platforms can still charge for converting cash to gold, gold back to cash, and for storage.

For operators building fintech and wealth products, the Aufort decision underlines a broader issue. Customer trust depends not only on security and compliance claims, but also on clear wind-down processes and reliable offboarding when services end.