Nice information for tens of millions of South African grant beneficiaries is that SASSA Gold Playing cards will stay operational past 31 Might 2025, guaranteeing uninterrupted entry to social grants.
The announcement made final week, comes as a reduction for beneficiaries who haven’t but migrated to the brand new Postbank Black Playing cards, placing an finish to any uncertainty about fee disruptions.
In an announcement, Postbank reassured customers that Gold Playing cards will proceed to perform throughout all fee platforms, together with ATMs, retail shops, and POS units.
This implies beneficiaries can nonetheless withdraw money, make purchases, and entry their funds as typical – no rapid change is required.
No beneficiary left with out entry
“We stay dedicated to making sure no beneficiary is left with out entry to their grants,” stated Postbank CEO Nikki Mbengashe.
“In line with our dedication that we made that Postbank will make sure that no beneficiary can be left with no entry to their grants and that there can be no disruptions in funds of grants, Gold Playing cards will proceed to work till each beneficiary is transitioned to the brand new black card.
“We’re subsequently hopeful and assured that this announcement addresses any concern referring to the funds of any beneficiaries that will not have but obtained their Black Playing cards,” Mbengashe, defined.
The CEO suggested social grant beneficiaries to disregard any name that they have to change banks, as that is pointless.
“We plead with them to be cautious of deceptive data that their Gold Playing cards is not going to work and that they should change banks due to this,” she stated.
Beneficiaries are additionally requested to at all times solely reply to Postbank revealed communication in terms of their SASSA Gold Playing cards and the Black Playing cards, as the one authorised entity that’s chargeable for the issuing of those playing cards.
Beneficiaries are additional suggested that at any time when they arrive throughout any data relating to their playing cards that has not been communicated by Postbank, they need to not imagine what’s being stated.
Incorrect data
Postbank stated this may forestall beneficiaries from being misled because the entity observes elevated quantities of incorrect data being communicated concerning the SASSA playing cards not too long ago.
“Because the Gold Playing cards will proceed to work and all beneficiaries can proceed to make use of these playing cards and their Black Playing cards to entry funds, Postbank notifies the beneficiaries that it has put a brief suspension of the distribution of recent Black Playing cards in its websites till additional discover.
“This, nevertheless, has no affect on anybody who at the moment has a Postbank Black Card, as that card will proceed to work as per regular,” the entity stated.
The Postbank card distribution websites, nevertheless, will stay open and out there to beneficiaries to entry the next companies:
• PIN resets
• Reissuing of Black Playing cards for any beneficiary that has skilled a misplaced/stolen card incident
• Beneficiaries searching for to register for the cardless fee various
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