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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-03-09</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001841156</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Paymentus Holdings, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PAY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001863390</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Portocalis Gerasimos (Jerry)</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>11605 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE RD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHARLOTTE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>28277</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Commercial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-03-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>139644</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>759329</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>47619</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Explanation of Responses</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents an equal number of restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) granted pursuant to the Issuer's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents the right to receive a share of the Issuer's Class A common stock on the date it vests, subject to continued service of the reporting person through the applicable vesting date. One fifth of the RSUs will vest on March 9, 2027, and one twentieth of the RSUs will vest on a quarterly basis thereafter on each Quarterly Vesting Date beginning on August 15, 2027. Quarterly Vesting Dates with respect to any calendar year means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents shares held of record by the Faliron Family Limited Partnership Ltd. a limited partnership of which a single-member limited liability company is the sole general partner. The reporting person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the general partner.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Andrew A. Gerber, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
