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Capitec CEO tells of banking benefits, damage sustained from SA rioting

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Gerrie Fourie is the chief executive of Capitec Bank. The CEO joined BizNews founder Alec Hogg to discuss the acceleration of Capitec's loyalty program. "What we're doing is bringing out a benefits program. We've created a separate savings account which we call Live Better - all the money that you earn from the benefits, go into your savings account. You earn extra interest rates on that." The head of Capitec says they've signed up about1.6 million clients in 2-3 weeks." Fourie also weighs in on the recent civil unrest that gripped KZN and Gauteng, discussing the damage to various Capitec branches and ATMs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 Aug 2021 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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