{"id":514210,"date":"2021-08-19T08:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T06:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=514210"},"modified":"2021-08-19T08:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T06:36:54","slug":"standard-bank-to-open-branches-inside-pick-n-pay-stores-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/514210\/standard-bank-to-open-branches-inside-pick-n-pay-stores-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Bank to open branches inside Pick n Pay stores in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Bank has started constructing in-store branches in select Pick n Pay outlets as part of a new partnership between the two companies.<\/p>\n<p>Pick n Pay said that the branches will initially be available in a few stores across the Western Cape and Gauteng<\/p>\n<p>A number of services will be offered at these branches, including, amongst others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistance with PINs;<\/li>\n<li>Bank confirmation letters;<\/li>\n<li>Account activations;<\/li>\n<li>Debit order disputes; and<\/li>\n<li>Limits management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The in-store branch will also provide space for consultations and a more private area behind a slatted screen for in-depth consultations. These branches will be manned by Standard Bank personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Standard Bank has already opened its first in-house 6 square metre branch at Pick n Pay\u2019s Richmond store in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>The move will also allow customers to bank beyond traditional banking hours, and the branches will operate during Pick n Pay\u2019s trading hours.<\/p>\n<p>The banks said that the in-store branches allow it to access a wider range of clients who are able to access banking services where it is more convenient for them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/513544\/south-african-insurer-says-covid-19-deaths-more-severe-than-expected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South African insurer says Covid-19 deaths more severe than expected<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Bank has begun constructing in-store branches in select Pick n Pay stores as part of a new partnership between the two companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":484695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[961],"tags":[26,499],"class_list":["post-514210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking","tag-headline","tag-standard-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514210","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=514210"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514262,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514210\/revisions\/514262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}