{"id":48341,"date":"2013-10-25T09:26:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T07:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=48341"},"modified":"2013-10-25T09:29:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T07:29:34","slug":"absa-ploughs-r550-million-in-atm-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/48341\/absa-ploughs-r550-million-in-atm-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Absa ploughs R550 million in ATM upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Absa says it has committed more than R550-million to improve and enhance its ATM network and expand convenient self-service banking facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Absa claims the largest ATM footprint nationwide with more than 9,000 machines.<\/p>\n<p>Enhancements to the network include ATMs which provide convenient card-less transactions like cash deposits; CashSend; Scan n Pay, which provides simple bill scanning and payment; and contactless card services for Absa\u2019s PayPass and My City Cards.<\/p>\n<p>The ATMs also provide immediate short-term Instant Loans and eStamped statements eliminating the need for customers to go into a branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the majority of South Africans an ATM is the most convenient interface with the bank,\u201d said Arrie Rautenbach, Absa head of Retail Banking. \u201cWe have strategically chosen each and every ATM location so that it offers both Absa and non-Absa customers convenience. The improved hardware ensures that all customers have a fast and reliable experience no matter where the ATM is located.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More news on Absa<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Absa app hits 200,000 downloads\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/47154\/absa-app-hits-200000-downloads\/\"><strong>Absa app hits 200,000 downloads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Absa explains mobile payment device delay\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/44634\/absa-explains-mobile-payment-device-delay\/\"><strong>Absa explains mobile payment device delay<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Absa app hits 100,000 downloads\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/39798\/absa-app-hits-100000-downloads\/\"><strong>Absa app hits 100,000 downloads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Absa banking app sees impressive uptake\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/36629\/absa-banking-app-sees-impressive-uptake\/\"><strong>Absa banking app sees impressive uptake<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absa says it has committed more than R550-million to improve and enhance its ATM network and expand convenient self-service banking facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[961],"tags":[29,25,1554],"class_list":["post-48341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking","tag-absa","tag-active","tag-atm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48341","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=48341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48349,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48341\/revisions\/48349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}