TymeBank can offer much lower fees than rivals because it has no branches and has used technology to cut costs.
Shabalala said the majority of the bank's income would come from lending. TymeBank was in talks with a major bank to offer a credit card, and planned to launch a separate unsecured lending pilot in the second half of this year, he said.
Customers can set up accounts and get a debit card over 700 automated kiosks in supermarkets Boxer, owned by the country's largest chain Shoprite and Pick N Pay, where account holders benefit from the store's rewards programme. The bank aims to set up kiosks at universities and small, informal shops, and aims to offer more products from other financial service companies backed by Motsepe's ARC, as well as other partners.
Shabalala told Reuters that, with a customer's consent, it would use their transaction data to suggest suitable partner products, and could earn a fee from partners in return, a model adopted by digital-only banks in Britain and elsewhere.Trending
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