diff --git a/website/notification_signals.py b/website/notification_signals.py
index 8ae7c7f6bc..dea0e31cef 100644
--- a/website/notification_signals.py
+++ b/website/notification_signals.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+import logging
+
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from website.models import JoinRequest, Kudos, Notification, Points, Post, User, UserBadge
+from website.models import GitHubIssue, JoinRequest, Kudos, Notification, Points, Post, User, UserBadge
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 @receiver(post_save, sender=Points)
@@ -78,3 +82,57 @@ def notify_user_on_badge_recieved(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
         link = f"/profile/{instance.user.username}"
 
         Notification.objects.create(user=instance.user, message=message, notification_type="reward", link=link)
+
+
+@receiver(post_save, sender=GitHubIssue)
+def notify_on_payment_processed(sender, instance, created, update_fields, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Signal to notify users and admins when a payment is processed.
+    This triggers whenever a GitHubIssue with payment information is saved.
+    """
+    # Check if this is a payment update (either sponsors_tx_id or bch_tx_id is updated)
+    if instance.p2p_payment_created_at and (instance.sponsors_tx_id or instance.bch_tx_id):
+        payment_type = "GitHub Sponsors" if instance.sponsors_tx_id else "Bitcoin Cash"
+        tx_id = instance.sponsors_tx_id or instance.bch_tx_id
+
+        # Only send notifications if the payment was just added/updated
+        if created or (
+            update_fields
+            and (
+                "sponsors_tx_id" in update_fields
+                or "bch_tx_id" in update_fields
+                or "p2p_payment_created_at" in update_fields
+            )
+        ):
+            logger.info(
+                f"Payment notification processing: Issue #{instance.issue_id}, " f"Type: {payment_type}, TX: {tx_id}"
+            )
+
+            # Create notification for the issue reporter
+            if instance.user:
+                message = (
+                    f"Your bounty for issue #{instance.issue_id} has been paid via {payment_type}. "
+                    f"Transaction ID: {tx_id}"
+                )
+                link = instance.html_url
+
+                Notification.objects.create(user=instance.user, message=message, notification_type="reward", link=link)
+                logger.info(f"Created payment notification for issue reporter: {instance.user.username}")
+
+            # Notify superusers (admin team) about the payment
+            superusers = User.objects.filter(is_superuser=True)
+            for admin in superusers:
+                # Don't notify the admin who made the payment
+                if instance.sent_by_user and admin.id == instance.sent_by_user.id:
+                    continue
+
+                message = (
+                    f"Payment processed for issue #{instance.issue_id} via {payment_type}. " f"Transaction ID: {tx_id}"
+                )
+                if instance.sent_by_user:
+                    message += f" (by {instance.sent_by_user.username})"
+
+                link = instance.html_url
+
+                Notification.objects.create(user=admin, message=message, notification_type="alert", link=link)
+                logger.info(f"Created payment notification for admin: {admin.username}")
diff --git a/website/views/organization.py b/website/views/organization.py
index b256a3498c..684150da4a 100644
--- a/website/views/organization.py
+++ b/website/views/organization.py
@@ -3090,6 +3090,10 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                         if comment_success:
                             success_message += ". Comment added on GitHub"
 
+                        # Note: Notifications to the admin team and users are automatically
+                        # created by the post_save signal on GitHubIssue model
+                        success_message += ". Notifications sent to admin team and issue reporter"
+
                         messages.success(request, success_message)
 
                         # If we couldn't update GitHub, log it but don't error to the user