One thing FNB customers pay less for than anyone else

FNB customers pay a renewal fee of R69 if they choose to renew their vehicle’s licence disc through the bank’s platform.

This fee is in addition to the mandatory R72 fee charged by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). However, FNB’s R69 admin fee is R30 lower than the next cheapest option.

FNB nav» chief imagineer, Jolandé Duvenage, told MyBroadband that the promotional fee will be available until 30 June 2026.

“FNB continues to make motor vehicle licence disc renewals simple and affordable through its nav»Car feature on the FNB banking app,” she said.

“We’re pleased to announce that the promotional fee of R69, which includes both the service and delivery, has been extended until 30 June 2026.”

She noted that the fee is substantially less than the standard fee of R99, and it is designed to enable FNB customers to renew their licence discs conveniently and cost-effectively.

The bank’s customers can also opt to pay the fee with eBucks and benefit from home delivery, an entirely paperless process, as well as access to additional services, such as traffic fine payments and car value estimates.

“This extension reflects FNB’s commitment to making everyday banking simpler and more convenient for our customers,” Duvenage added.

FNB began offering the promotional renewal price in March 2024, and it was intended to last only four months before reverting to the standard R99 fee.

“This service from FNB is offered in collaboration with the Road Traffic Management Corporation, with no paperwork, if you are the registered owner of the vehicle,” it explained.

However, the bank has extended the promotion on several occasions, and it has remained R69 since. If the promotion isn’t extended beyond June 2026, it would have run for nearly 28 consecutive months.

The R69 fee only covers the service and delivery. Customers will be charged a vehicle licensing cost as per their vehicle’s weight and province of registration.

Explosion of short-lived competition

In recent years, several other online renewal services have launched as motorists seek ways to avoid queues at RTMC offices and the South African Post Office.

However, many of these have been short-lived, with at least three major services shutting down in the past two years.

The South African Post Office (SAPO) offered the SapoMVL service, which it shut down between 14 and 28 November 2024.

The Post Office launched the service in January 2022, and it impressed in MyBroadband’s testing several months later in September 2022.

Following the shutdown, the Post Office told MyBroadband that SapoMVL was only a proof of concept and was never intended to be fully implemented.

That comment was curious, considering the state-owned postal service previously said that the service would form a key part of its “SAPO in my Pocket” plan.

It is possible that the service was shuttered due to the Post Office’s deep financial troubles and need to reduce costs.

PayCity, one of the older and best-priced services offering online licence disc renewals, shut its renewal service down in June 2024.

Shoprite also offered an online licence disc service through its MoneyMarket division for many years. It never announced the service’s closure but confirmed it was no longer available in September 2024.

The table below compares the primary online vehicle licence disc renewal services in South Africa in December 2025.

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