{"id":435295,"date":"2020-09-22T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=435295"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:51:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:51:05","slug":"checkers-launches-new-financial-services-including-pet-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/435295\/checkers-launches-new-financial-services-including-pet-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkers launches new financial services &#8211; including pet insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Checkers customers can now insure their pets from R89 a month through an exclusive insurance product underwritten by Outsurance.<\/p>\n<p>The retailer said that insurance options range from R89 to R245 a month depending on coverage: accidental cover for injuries; core cover for injuries; illnesses and vet visits; or comprehensive cover for accidents, vet visits and routine care such as vaccines, sterilisation, dental scaling and deworming.<\/p>\n<p>The service includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A flat-rate fee and no waiting period;<\/li>\n<li>A fast, paperless claims process;<\/li>\n<li>Fixed excess regardless of claim;<\/li>\n<li>Multi-pet discounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Shoprite Group, which owns Checkers, said that the new pet insurance is in line with a push into financial services.<\/p>\n<p>Other features which the group plans to or is in the process of introducing include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>QR payments &#8211; which will allow shoppers to pay for groceries with their phones;<\/li>\n<li>New money market account &#8211; a free transactional account which can be used to pay bills, buy airtime, data and savings stamps as well as to send and receive money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The group continues to look for new fintech innovations in line with global trends, but always with a keen focus on what its customers want,&#8221; Shoprite said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that it plans to announce additional product launches before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Money market account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August, Shoprite <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/424820\/shoprite-launches-new-money-market-account\/\">launched<\/a> a new money market account, with the group ultimately planning to offer the transactional capabilities of a full banking account.<\/p>\n<p>The retailer said that the free transactional account is available on the new Shoprite app or USSD and its main benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No monthly fees, no load fees, no transaction fees;<\/li>\n<li>No debit orders \u2013 customers are in full control of their money;<\/li>\n<li>No forms, no fees, no FICA \u2013 anyone can open an account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The group said that customers can use the account to\u00a0access many of the services available at its in-store money market counters, such as paying utility bills, buying airtime, data and Savings Stamps, as well as sending and receiving money.<\/p>\n<p>The money market account will also allow customers to transact online, including at Computicket, where they can book bus tickets online or watch their favourite streaming events.<\/p>\n<p>They will also soon be able to use their money market account on other websites, making e-commerce more accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney Market is a brand that our customers have come to love and trust over the years,\u201d said Jean Olivier, general manager: Financial Services for the Shoprite Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extending its services to help our customers to transact securely and to save, as we are acutely aware of the importance of saving at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/434939\/this-economic-activity-highlights-where-in-south-africa-businesses-are-suffering-the-most\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This economic activity highlights where in South Africa businesses are suffering the most<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checkers customers can now insure their pets from R89 a month through an exclusive insurance product underwritten by Outsurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":382405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-435295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435295","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=435295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435311,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435295\/revisions\/435311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}