FNB has launched a comprehensive range of solutions on the FNB App with new eBucks and FNB Connect partners. This, the company describes, is with the aim of accelerating its efforts to help customers with meaningful financial and lifestyle solutions to improve their lives.
The offering comes in shape of the expansion of its education and self-development offering with partners such as Extramarks, which offers digital learning solutions up to matric, and BiB, which provides a curated audio library of children’s books in various African languages as well as a free audio/graphic series dedicated to 100 fearless, influential, and successful South African women.
QuickBus is also available on the FNB App for booking bus trips with major bus operators on the continent, as is the ENTERTAINER, which offers Buy 1 Get 1 Free deals on fine dining. Qualifying customers will be equally delighted with the addition of ARC as a new eBucks partner for their luxury beauty and self-care needs. They can earn up to either 15% or 30% back in eBucks on global and local premium brands across skincare, make-up, fragrances, and accessories, depending on their transactional account and reward level.
New to FNB Connect is a wireless LTE data offering that gives customers access to larger data bundles at affordable prices. This addition to the FNB Connect data portfolio, that gives customers access to greater amounts of data for entertainment, education, gaming, work, and collaboration while on-the-go, at home or at a place of business. FNB Connect also introduces Smart Home Deals on the FNB App, where customers and their families can conveniently and affordably manage the inside and outside of their homes with the latest high-end security products from ring as well as smart home offers from Xiaomi.
“These new solutions and partnerships are part of our ongoing effort to provide more value to our customers,” says Raj Makanjee, CEO of FNB Retail. “They will go a long way towards helping customers reduce the rising burden of household expenses, particularly for necessities such as education, travel, home improvements and affordable data. This aligns with our distinct focus on assisting customers in unlocking financial capacity in their budgets through meaningful benefits in collaboration with partners across eBucks and FNB Connect.”
“We’re encouraged to continue adding even more value to customers who have a relationship with us. Our success in this regard has earned us international recognition with eBucks named the best in the world for the use of technology across all loyalty programmes. In addition, FNB Connect’s digital platform disruption in telecommunications has earned it joint first place as the Digital MVNO of the Year at the global MVNO Awards,” concludes Makanjee.
