{"id":358299,"date":"2019-11-29T09:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T07:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=358299"},"modified":"2019-11-29T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T07:01:14","slug":"south-africans-can-now-renew-their-car-licence-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/358299\/south-africans-can-now-renew-their-car-licence-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africans can now renew their car licence on WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists can now renew their car licence disk using WhatsApp through Infobip&#8217;s &#8216;chatback&#8217; function on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Infobip said that the service is open to all car owners in South Africa at any time.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the convenient renewal process takes less than two minutes saving vehicle owners ample time, without having to wait in long queues.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Greenwood Selby, Infobip\u2019s MD in South Africa, says the service is exceptionally innovative and is already having an impressive impact on the lives of South African motorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see many use cases for WhatsApp Business API, but we are always on the lookout for those that are special and can change people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are many regular payment platforms and apps, but when we established what ChatFin wanted to achieve, we were extremely excited as it opens up a brand-new market for \u2018convenience\u2019 in South Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp is used by 1.6 billion people in over 180 countries is the world\u2019s most used chat app.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp\u2019s channel verification with its green check mark also helps the customers to quickly recognise the verified dialogue, assuring that the end-customer is in fact communicating with the accurate business or organisation over WhatsApp avoiding any possible fraud situations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to access the service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users can click <a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=27662026685&amp;text=https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=27662026685&amp;text=Press%20send%20now%20to%20renew%20with%20ChatBack.%20Keep%20it%20Simple!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to start the process in WhatsApp or go to the ChatBack website, or add ChatBack (+27 66 202 6685) to their contacts and then text \u201crenew\u201d over WhatsApp to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, the below video outlines how the service works:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o4jd7OEORSk\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/355467\/a-man-promised-someone-r1-million-over-whatsapp-now-the-supreme-court-will-decide-if-he-has-to-pay-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> A man promised someone R1 million over WhatsApp \u2013 now the Supreme Court will decide if he has to pay up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists can now renew their car licence disk using WhatsApp through Infobip&#8217;s &#8216;chatback&#8217; function on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":245533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[26,2118],"class_list":["post-358299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-headline","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358305,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358299\/revisions\/358305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}