mobile banking

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    FNB Black Friday outage

    FNB Black Friday outage First National Bank (FNB) customers are reporting problems with the bank’s card payment authentication system, which is preventing them from placing orders on Black Friday, 28 November 2025. The problem may be related to an issue with the FNB mobile app, which...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    Capitec app offline

    Capitec app offline Capitec is experiencing a major technical outage, with customers unable to sign into its mobile banking app or perform transactions. Downdetector showed a steep increase in user reports of issues with Capitec from around 16:00. The majority of reports were related to issues...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Discovery Bank mobile app and online banking down

    Discovery Bank mobile app and online banking down Discovery Bank's mobile app and online banking platforms are experiencing a major service outage on Wednesday, 28 May 2025. Online outage tracking website Downdetector showed a gradual rise in user reports of problems accessing Discovery's...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nedbank and Investec digital banking channel problems

    Nedbank and Investec digital banking channel problems Nedbank and Investec customers reported issues accessing the banks' mobile apps and online banking on Friday, April 25, 2025. Outage tracking website Downdetector showed a surge in reports from Nedbank users starting around 09:00.
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    FNB drops licence disc renewal fee to R69

    FNB drops licence disc renewal fee to R69 FNB has reduced its car licence disc renewal fee from R99 to R69, but the new price will only be available for an unspecified promotional time period. The promotional R30 reduction follows a previous price cut in 2023 when the bank dropped its combined...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big jump in ATM bombings and digital fraud in SA

    Big jump in ATM bombings and digital fraud in SA The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) annual crime statistics report reveals that the country is facing an epidemic of ATM bombings and digital banking fraud. “South Africa is grappling with a formidable array of financial...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    FNB unveils new app and logo

    FNB unveils new app and logo First National Bank (FNB) has undertaken a brand redesign that has seen it revamp its iconic acacia tree logo and overhaul its mobile banking app. While the company hasn’t done away with its famous acacia tree logo, it has modernised it with a more “digital” design.
  8. Jan

    Standard Bank online and mobile banking outage - 27 October 2021

    Standard Bank pay-day outage strikes Standard Bank online and mobile banking channels are down, with numerous customers complaining they cannot log into the mobile banking app or Internet banking. Complaints on Twitter showed that users of both the Android and iOS banking apps were greeted...
  9. jes

    Standard Bank ditching mobile web for apps, USSD

    Standard Bank ditching mobile web for apps, USSD Standard Bank will soon drop WAP support for its mobile banking, in favour of its Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone applications, with USSD as the only other option for unsupported smartphones
  10. jes

    Absa is last to board app bandwagon

    Absa is last to board app bandwagon Among the big four consumer banks, Absa is the last man standing without a concrete app announcement
  11. QuintonB

    FNB banking app sees R2bn in transactions

    FNB app passes R2bn in transactions Since launching its mobile banking application on the 20th July 2011, FNB has seen over R2 billion in transactions go through the app.
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