{"id":444243,"date":"2020-10-29T07:29:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T05:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=444243"},"modified":"2020-10-30T07:29:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T05:29:59","slug":"standard-bank-snapscan-the-quick-reliable-and-secure-payment-solution-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/444243\/standard-bank-snapscan-the-quick-reliable-and-secure-payment-solution-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Bank SnapScan \u2013 The quick, reliable, and secure payment solution for your business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Bank is well aware that a wide range of quick, secure, and reliable payment options for customers is a must-have for South African businesses.<\/p>\n<p>It is for this reason its Merchant Solutions team continues to provide local businesses with payment platforms that are geared towards enhancing efficiency and convenience.<\/p>\n<p>This includes on the mobile front in the form of SnapScan, which was one of the first smartphone payments apps in South Africa when it launched in 2013.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardbank.co.za\/southafrica\/business\/products-and-services\/business-solutions\/specialised\/merchant-solutions\/snapscan?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_campaign=Standard_Bank&amp;utm_term=October_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to get SnapScan for your business through Standard Bank<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following its launch, Standard Bank and SnapScan combined their infrastructure and expertise to literally change the way South Africans make payments.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Paying with a QR code<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>SnapScan lets users make payments with their phone &#8211; quickly, easily, and safely.<\/p>\n<p>All SnapScan-supported stores have their own unique SnapCode (which is a QR code), and customers can make a payment in-store to them by scanning the code using the camera on their phone and the SnapScan app.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, SnapScan lets users send money to friends, make online payments, pay bills, buy prepaid services in the app, and earn UCount Rewards Points when making a purchase.<\/p>\n<p>SnapScan is compatible with most bank cards, as well as the Standard Bank Virtual Card, and as a result is currently one of the most popular mobile payment apps in South Africa.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>SnapScan\u2019s merchant offering<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>SnapScan offers a simple solution that can be used anywhere and at any time, which is highly suited towards small and medium-sized businesses.<\/p>\n<p>SnapScan is also a great solution in times of load-shedding, when electrical payment systems are unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, SnapScan is aiming to move beyond its current \u201cscan-to-pay\u201d value proposition and transition into a complete payments ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>This will be achieved by increasing in-app payment functionality, while ensuring it provides a distinct user experience.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership between SnapScan and Standard Bank is testament Standard Bank\u2019s commitment to providing innovative solutions that are easily accessible for all businesses &#8211; and to help improve efficiencies with digital solutions.<\/p>\n<p>This allows local businesses to focus on delivering excellent service to their customers while knowing their payment solutions are taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about SnapScan and how it can help your business, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:help@snapscan.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>help@snapscan.co.za<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Bank continues to provide South African businesses with the ability to accept a wide range of payment methods from customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":444245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[15457,6150,7993,499],"class_list":["post-444243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-contactless-payments","tag-qr-codes","tag-snapscan","tag-standard-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444243","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444249,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444243\/revisions\/444249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}