Sign up for a Capitec account with virtual card via a face scan on its banking app

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Sign up for a Capitec account with virtual card via a face scan on its banking app

Capitec has launched a new feature on its mobile banking app which makes it possible for South Africans to open an account using facial biometrics.

The bank said the solution takes only a few minutes and employs advanced technology to recognise an actual person in front of the camera.

These images are then verified against the Department of Home Affairs' database in real-time.

 

[ProfA]

No thanks. Somewhere, somehow, something will go wrong.

 

[backstreetboy]

No thanks. Somewhere, somehow, something will go wrong.

Then just pop in to one of the 800 + branches?

 

[SZN]

Then just pop in to one of the 800 + branches?

But then I need to put pants on, and that's just not worth the effort.

#WorkFromHomeLife

 

[backstreetboy]

But then I need to put pants on, and that's just not worth the effort.

#WorkFromHomeLife

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[supersunbird]

Sign up for a Capitec account with virtual card via a face scan on its banking app

Capitec has launched a new feature on its mobile banking app which makes it possible for South Africans to open an account using facial biometrics.

The bank said the solution takes only a few minutes and employs advanced technology to recognise an actual person in front of the camera.

These images are then verified against the Department of Home Affairs' database in real-time.

Now if only I can unlock my enhanced Tyme Bank profile like this. It doesn't like my thumb prints.

 

[Binary_Bark]

TBH I don't see the point of the virtual card, yes it's not linked to your physical card but still. The virtual card would actually be of use if one could use it to pay at brick and mortar stores by tapping one's phone on the "tap & Go" machines, specially for those that forgot their card at home/ office

 

[Magandroid]

TBH I don't see the point of the virtual card, yes it's not linked to your physical card but still. The virtual card would actually be of use if one could use it to pay at brick and mortar stores by tapping one's phone on the "tap & Go" machines, specially for those that forgot their card at home/ office

Then use the scan to pay option for that. You don't even have to log into the app.

 

[Sumen]

Then use the scan to pay option for that. You don't even have to log into the app.

Majority of the card machines don't have the scan to pay option.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Then use the scan to pay option for that. You don't even have to log into the app.

Yeah, no. It's a schlep, usually people ask you to wait until the transaction has gone through before they allow you to leave

 

[Magandroid]

Yeah, no. It's a schlep, usually people ask you to wait until the transaction has gone through before they allow you to leave

I didn't know that. I've never used the scan to pay option. I was never really interested in using it either but then my curiosity was peeked by a documentary I saw on Youtube how in China everyone only uses scan to pay. Even going to the fruit and veg open markets, you find these barcodes all over the place. It's amazing how far ahead they are to SA.

 

[Binary_Bark]

I didn't know that. I've never used the scan to pay option. I was never really interested in using it either but then my curiosity was peeked by a documentary I saw on Youtube how in China everyone only uses scan to pay. Even going to the fruit and veg open markets, you find these barcodes all over the place. It's amazing how far ahead they are to SA.

Problem is the scan to pay in RSA is agonizingly slow. Once that has gotten up to speed I might start using it again.
Seriously waititing aywhere from 5-20 min for it to clear on the retailers side is just not worth it.

This is not just with Capitec but I havee experienced the same thing with my STB account.

 

[Magandroid]

Problem is the scan to pay in RSA is agonizingly slow. Once that has gotten up to speed I might start using it again.
Seriously waititing aywhere from 5-20 min for it to clear on the retailers side is just not worth it.

This is not just with Capitec but I havee experienced the same thing with my STB account.

Geewiz, I should really give it a go one day to see what the experience is like. That doccie made it look so quick and simple but then again, their technology is far ahead of ours.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Geewiz, I should really give it a go one day to see what the experience is like. That doccie made it look so quick and simple but then again, their technology is far ahead of ours.

It's fun when you're in a hurry and the retailer tells you to wait before you go, to make sure it cleared.

One issue is that RSA is chock and block full of dishonest people that would scan, and run away because there is not enough cash in the account and the business has to take the loss, people in China are a lot more honest because almost every little thing you do is watched & recorded

 

[backstreetboy]

Problem is the scan to pay in RSA is agonizingly slow. Once that has gotten up to speed I might start using it again.
Seriously waititing aywhere from 5-20 min for it to clear on the retailers side is just not worth it.

This is not just with Capitec but I havee experienced the same thing with my STB account.

Near instant for me at restaurants using Zapper.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Near instant for me at restaurants using Zapper.

In my experience Zapper was even worse and slower