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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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
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.