Unique ATMs to save rural Sassa clients cash blues

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Sapo chief information officer Refilwe Kekana said most of the grant beneficiaries always have to spend money to receive their grants while leaving struggling business in their own communities. IsaacPat

A beneficiary will insert their card at the cashless ATM, make a"withdrawal", but only two slips confirming the transaction will come out. One of the slips will be given to the shop owner or assistant, while the grant receiver keeps the other one.

Sapo also wants the same ATMs to be used at a later stage to buy prepaid airtime and electricity, do insurance activations and payments, money transfers and load payments for transport cards. "From a corruption perspective, all Sapo merchants will be vetted and verified against the home affairs database before they are allowed to use the system.

"Already, 40 ATMS are used in the pilot project in Melmoth, Eshowe and Empangeni - all in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

 

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