Capitec no longer allows "/" in the beneficiary reference

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nicroets

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I just ran into this problem when trying to pay the management agent of the HOA.

Luckily I had FNB where it wasn't a problem.

I just thought I'd mention it so that admin people can prepare for this.

Unless Capitec backs down on this soon.
 
nicroets said:
I just ran into this problem when trying to pay the management agent of the HOA.

Luckily I had FNB where it wasn't a problem.

I just thought I'd mention it so that admin people can prepare for this.

Unless Capitec backs down on this soon.
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This is the end of the world as we know it
 
bwana said:
Perhaps I'm missing something but maybe don't use a "/"?
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Or replace with "-"

That will be fine for small businesses that manually copy their bank statements into their accounting systems.

For the rest, I guess it depends how forgiving the according package is.
 
bwana said:
Perhaps I'm missing something but maybe don't use a "/"?
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Best guess is that some services (crypto exchanges) require a specific reference to be used for them to validate the transaction quicker. Might be an issue if it has a / in the reference. Dunno. OP is lacking in details.
 
nicroets said:
Or replace with "-"

That will be fine for small businesses that manually copy their bank statements into their accounting systems.

For the rest, I guess it depends how forgiving the according package is.
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Or you run the CSV through a "Find & Replace" script and use the results.
Also, not sure how many Corporate Enterprises are using Capitec, not really their target market.
 
Option 1:
Sanitize user input.

Option 2:
Add client-side validation to prevent a /

Can see all that Capitec pentesting money getting well spent lol.
 
saor said:
Best guess is that some services (crypto exchanges) require a specific reference to be used for them to validate the transaction quicker. Might be an issue if it has a / in the reference. Dunno. OP is lacking in details.
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for bank registered beneficiaries (i.e. SARS, Eskom etc, and at least one well known crypto exchange) the banks can set formatting/validation rules specific to that beneficiary for the reference, no need for a blanket rule to affect everyone else
 
This can be an issue if a specific reference is required and delay things. Absa has it better and limit the characters. Usually just sending a proof of payment helps, but someone in admin has to go do some actual work looking for your payment instead of just running a scipt or macros.
 
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