Anybody signed up with Tymebank?

Speedster

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@TymeGuy

I've been the unfortunate victim of online fraud (paid for an item and the seller disappeared). The seller was using a Tymebank account. Is there anyway to have this account flagged in some way? I've written off my losses, but would like to spare others from suffering the same fate if at all possible.

I'll be heading to the cop shop a bit later this morning to open a case and can send through the case number of that helps at all.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do to stop these guys from abusing your platform.
 

charlieharper

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To those who's used Tymebank Business, I have a few small questions.

So most of my clients are international (US / Canada / Singapore / The Netherlands) and I also occassionally have to pay additional contractors in Hong Kong / Singapore.

Is it possible to receive Forex into a Tyme business account?
Is it possible to send from Tyme internationally?
Can the cards they provide be used internationally?

Currently with FNB, but still a touch too many things that requires IRL things branch visits / calls.
I'd much prefer to do as much as possible remotely.

TIA
 

backstreetboy

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To those who's used Tymebank Business, I have a few small questions.

So most of my clients are international (US / Canada / Singapore / The Netherlands) and I also occassionally have to pay additional contractors in Hong Kong / Singapore.

Is it possible to receive Forex into a Tyme business account?
Is it possible to send from Tyme internationally?
Can the cards they provide be used internationally?

Currently with FNB, but still a touch too many things that requires IRL things branch visits / calls.
I'd much prefer to do as much as possible remotely.

TIA
Yes, No and Yes. You could've gauged all that by just opening up a free account...
 

Pho3nix

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To those who's used Tymebank Business, I have a few small questions.

So most of my clients are international (US / Canada / Singapore / The Netherlands) and I also occassionally have to pay additional contractors in Hong Kong / Singapore.

Is it possible to receive Forex into a Tyme business account?
Is it possible to send from Tyme internationally?
Can the cards they provide be used internationally?

Currently with FNB, but still a touch too many things that requires IRL things branch visits / calls.
I'd much prefer to do as much as possible remotely.

TIA

Create a TransferWise account. You'll get various banking details for countries around the world.
Companies pay you to your TransferWise account and you withdraw into your SA account. Any of them are fine.
 

ElixirCoder

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Create a TransferWise account. You'll get various banking details for countries around the world.
Companies pay you to your TransferWise account and you withdraw into your SA account. Any of them are fine.
Note: TransferWise is now known as Wise.
 

surface

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Did they revise this recently? I thought it was 100K across all accounts once you open up account?

Everyday account + GoalSaves
R40 000.00
 

backstreetboy

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Did they revise this recently? I thought it was 100K across all accounts once you open up account?

Everyday account + GoalSaves
R40 000.00
You're on the Just met profile and need to go to a kiosk and print a card to bump that up to the Good friends profile with R700k limit.
 

surface

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You're on the Just met profile and need to go to a kiosk and print a card to bump that up to the Good friends profile with R700k limit.
Thanks. In the initial phase of enthusiasm few months ago, I did go to 3 PnP's around me but found kiosk's closed so gonna try again this weekend.
 

surface

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Currently with FNB, but still a touch too many things that requires IRL things branch visits / calls.
In last 3-4 years, only reason I went to fnb was to get printed & manually stamped statements for visa purposes. FNB (and other banks) have added digital timestamps (not sure when) but some embassies need to see good old stamp for some reason.
 

Antelope

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Fingerprint login added for android app.
But OTP is not coming through.

Useless being able to sign in with the Fingerprint, and not being able to use the account.
 

Antelope

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@TymeGuy

I've been the unfortunate victim of online fraud (paid for an item and the seller disappeared). The seller was using a Tymebank account. Is there anyway to have this account flagged in some way? I've written off my losses, but would like to spare others from suffering the same fate if at all possible.

I'll be heading to the cop shop a bit later this morning to open a case and can send through the case number of that helps at all.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do to stop these guys from abusing your platform.
Received any assistance from tyme?
 

electrix

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I am not receiving sms notifications from friday last week. Any1 else having this issue?

Edit: sms came thru later. Must be network issue
 
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surface

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I am not receiving sms notifications from friday last week. Any1 else having this issue?

Edit: sms came thru later. Must be network issue
I reckon networks are a bit messed up because of intermittent load shedding. I had issues with other provider's OTP's so not restricted to tymebank.
 

ice_cubes

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anybody swiped their card outside SA borders yet? I want to know how much r they charging per swipe.
 

JOEY_8

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Went to PnP Pavilion today, card declined even though there was money on it (3 or 4 times). The staff wasn't too helpful. Fortunately, we had a backup card. The card worked fine at Spar a few minutes later though.
 

theKraZyJoker

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Went to PnP Pavilion today, card declined even though there was money on it (3 or 4 times). The staff wasn't too helpful. Fortunately, we had a backup card. The card worked fine at Spar a few minutes later though.
Same thing happened to me at PnP Killarney mall earlier today
 
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